Turkey, Armenians, Kurds, Iraq and the US
America is new in the Middle East; to put it correctly, the US remains for more than 60 years a novice. This alone illuminates the problem perfectly well. America did not just fail in the Middle East; by allying itself with those with whom the US should never be connected, America - under either Republican or Democratic administration - damaged severely the perspectives of diffusing the ideals of the Founding Fathers in the area.