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usually money/power/resources obviously.

Yes, obviously, but what is not obvious is their game plan.
Such as, we, The US is in the middle east to destabilize the entire region... but what for? Its not for oil, The US has more untapped (by design) oil reserves than the entire region.

My best guess is that T.H.E.Y. want their empire back, which was centred in that region eons ago. Maybe T.H.E.Y. know of some real power source there.

But, whatever it is, they are fighting useless wars over what appears to be a bunch of dessert.