The United States missed a golden opportunity to lead the world after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Americans didn't read it right. They blew it up.
Stupid politicians and presidents thought they are now powerful enough to conquer the world and no one can stop them.. not knowing they will be stopped by the man-in-the-street, with a keyboard, a mouse and an account with Facebook or Whatsapp.. this is his age. Soviet Union (SU) collapsed because they couldn't reconcile their social system with the new environment, like dinosaurs, and the US, instead of studying and trying to understand the lesson, they thought that was victory and happily began to revel around the world, smashing everything they encounter.
If a prominent western politician say that the lives of half a million of children worth it.. worth what? oil? natural gas? what? Hitler killed millions of Jews in the holocaust and the number of children killed in Iraq almost one third that of the holocaust. When president Bush Jr. was asked about the bunker bombing in Baghdad where hundreds of women and children were killed with a single (smart) bob, he said that was collateral damage.. it was not.. collateral damage is first: un-intentional, second should not be a portion of the military target. Moreover, even if there's military target but civilians are feared among them then the operation should be called off. The war had no ethics at all.. when they entered Baghdad they immediately secured the oil fields, leaving historic sites and museums with masterpieces dating thousands of years, to thieves and smugglers. That kind of behavior had nothing to do with civilization.. it was barbaric. In WW2, the allies drew red X over historic sites so pilots do not bomb them, like the Stadthaus in Frankfurt or the Dom kirche in Köln.. they were civilized leaders and politicians..
The bottom line: US government world actions today is ruled by pure greed for controlling oil supplies without the least value for human life in the region.
Now, getting out of the duality zone, the blame is also extended to the region's peoples.. if they fail to change themselves and reconcile their lives with this new environment, then (the universe) will do the job, no matter who executes the orders.