The American Counter Punch website said that the United States’ experience in the Middle East is a classic scene of political and military miscalculations that lead to repeated strategic failure. The most recent example of this is President Joe Biden's full political support for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which makes Washington complicit in the genocide campaign against the people of Gaza.

The writer continued that the wars fought by Presidents George Bush Sr. and his son had enormous unexpected consequences, and are still causing political. and military problems for the US in various parts of the region.