Every time Israel bombs Gaza what is the result?
The hatred of Israel grows in the Middle East [and elsewhere], and Hamas still remains; probably with more support than it had before.
"The result of this war is Hamas has definitely become more popular," said Mkhaimar Abusada, a political science professor at Al-Azha University in Gaza. "I'm talking to some of my friends in the West Bank and they are cheering, they are saluting Hamas and Islamic Jihad for striking Israel with long-range missiles.
"Like it or not, this is the fact now," he added.
This is a microcosm and can be used as an example of how American Intervention in the Middle East can be viewed.
We entered Afghanistan with the intent of destroying the Taliban and Al Qaeda.
The Taliban is still very active
As coalition forces draw down, the Taliban has recast its mission from one resisting foreign occupation to one that is confronting a government it considers a Western pawn. Meanwhile, its battlefield position and financial interests further reduce its incentives to negotiate, analysts say. The UN says the Taliban and Afghan forces are at a "military stalemate." Other analyses are less optimistic about the central government's ability to hold its ground. The International Crisis Group reports that insurgents are increasingly confident as "ongoing withdrawals of international soldiers have generally coincided with a deterioration of Kabul's reach in outlying districts." An independent assessment [PDF] of Afghan security forces commissioned by the Pentagon predicts that the Taliban will pick up the tempo of its operations and expand areas under its control between 2015 and 2018.
As for Al Qaeda
In the report, the State Department said ongoing efforts to degrade and eliminate the organization led by Ayman al-Zawahiri have "accelerated the decentralization" of al Qaeda. But those steps have led to groups like its affiliate in Yemen, Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, to take advantage of conditions on the ground to "broaden and deepen their operations," become more autonomous and focus on their own goals of attacking the United States and other western governments.
We entered Iraq under the false pretense that Saddam Hussein posed a threat to the US,
we left a broken and divided country.
We assisted the rebels in Libya bring down another dictator we despised, yet more chaos was left in the wake.
We encouraged the overthrow of the military dictatorship in Egypt and after thousands of deaths have arrived right back where it started, with military rule.
We have declared Somalia and Yemen examples of our success, in that case I would hate to see what failure looks like.
We still support oppressive and violent absolute monarchs in the Gulf who tend to also fund people we claim to be terrorists. If you want to witness a public beheading take a trip to Saudi Arabia.
We may have killed Osama Bin laden in Pakistan, we have killed many with drone attacks, what is the end result
Now we plan to arm and train rebels in Syria to enable them to bring down a vicious and repressive government that posed zero threat to the US.
Now we are at war with ISIS with a bombing campaign. Will we eventually have to have a ground war? After all the mutterings in the region about just how terrible ISIS is, who among them is actually giving real support?
This will be seen as yet another example of, western interference, oil wars and imperialism by many.
After ISIS who next, the rebels we have trained?
This is looking more and more like a neoconservative dream come true; a perpetual war to replace a cold war [which they would also like to warm up it seems].
Lessons may be one thing, actually learning from them is another.