History is a continuum and the aggressive religious based invasions of the middle east by westerners armed with absurd and arrogant religious dogma combined with imperialist expansionary visions goes back to The Crusades.
In fact much of Europes rise out of the 'dark ages' into its era of modernity and global dominance was due to technological and scientific advances passed from Muslim to European scholars as Muslims were pushed out of Spain and Portugal before and during The Crusades.
Most of the middle east today is militarily subservient to the US - tied to the petrodollar extortion racket.
Look at Egypt where the first democratically elected government in decades was removed and replaced by one subservient to and funded by the US military.
The US does not support democracies in the middle east, it works with repressive military juntas, autocracies and despots.
Iran is the sole democratic nation capable and willing to oppose Israels ongoing genocide, war crimes and land grabbing Greater Israel Project.
The CIA and British removed Irans democracy in 1953 but the Iranian people restored it in 1979.
As an apologist for the US military you cannot even discuss in reasonable fact based manner The Greater Israel Project because it reveals the religious extremist bigotry and nonsense of Israel and the US support for Israel and the US subjugation of all other Middle East nations and peoples.
The US is desperate to prop up its petrodollar even as the world economy in commodities and manufactured goods is dominated already by China.
Israel is desperate to fast track its Greater Israel regional hegemony - empire building as its primary sponsor, USA declines in power and ability.