What about this whole debacle ISN'T disheartening? Blaming the US, pointedly, for something we're involved in IS moreso fluff... believe it or not, Isreal and Palestine are to blame. All other actors are just playing the same fucking role, as always, in the ever grinding meat-wheel of warfare. There are no "heartening" tales from this. I would LOVE to see the US have no involvement, for a change, but that's not how "allies" work. Geopolitical fuckery will ever stand in the way of true peaceful avoidance for any country tied to ones at war.