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It's not only oil and smack. US forces will remain in the Middle East as long as Israel wills it. Iran is a rival to Israel and must be weakened or destroyed (in the eyes of the shitbag neocons/likudniks.) Syria and Lebanon are allies of Iran and must be dealt with as such. Israel is also expansionist and will try to capture more territory from its neighbors ( the Greater Israel Project.) As long as 99% of the shitheels in our (US) government are beholden to the scumbags in Israel, we will continue to sow destruction and chaos in the Middle East.