Afghanistan Yes! Iraq No!

Geopolitical consideration must be one of the most oxymoron statements of all time when it comes to American foreign policy. Can anyone answer why we spend so much energy and political capital trying to be everything to everybody and we usually wind up getting crapped on by both 'allies' and 'enemies' alike. E.G., if The U.S.A. does 'A' to China , countries X Y and Z are going enable a negative outcome B to be the result from a country like Sudan , Japan or Vietnam. Diplomacy is a good thing , what I'm asking is when does politically correct diplomacy become detrimental to America's interests? We all know that the middle east is full of 'geopolitical' rat traps. Why do we constantly insert American troops into and clandestine operatives into unstable political arenas? It's not the will of the American people. It is the will of misguided leadership. American leadership due to 'geopolitical considerations. American presidents have used the CIA to overthrow or undermine many democracies in the past for 'geopolitical' considerations. The current administration just substitutes our military for our State department. Ill conceived. Ill managed.Irresponsible. Right now we have American troops in Iraq training Sunni to kill Shite and American troops in Iraq training Shite to kill Sunni. Someone please tell me I'm wrong!!! Look, I'm not the smartest or best informed person on this planet. I fully realize the consequences of Trade, Tariff, Subsidies, Taxes, Duties, Immigration, Poverty, Transportation,Global Warming, Social issues , religious, and every other political and societal consequence. All I'm asking is this: At what point do we as human beings coalesce to realize that we are only one race? At what point do we realize that there is only one planet Earth? At what point do we realize that all of us love our children? Our Mates? Our Parents? Our Grandchildren? At what point do we quit fighting over who owns a particular piece of ground, after all is said and done that piece of ground was there before us and it will be there long after we're gone. You and I do not own this planet, we are only temporary custodians.