Seize all military involvement in the middle-east

I look forward to a well-spirited and sober debate. I propose my stance: Since the start of the american military involvement in the middle east, we have poured incredible amounts of money into the war on terror, both in the form of military intervention; supplying forces within our coalition with funds, combat training, aiding with airstrikes, and military equipment such as weapons, ammunition, vehicles, ordinance and artillery units. Some of which has even been lost to the opposing forces as a direct result of an Iraqi retreat. (1) "the United States has already provided Iraq"s security forces over 1,200 military vehicles, approximately 20,000 smalls arms and heavy weapons, 2,000 additional AT-4 anti-tank weapons and nearly 300 counter improvised explosive device equipment and more than 2,000 Iraqi Kurdish Forces received U.S. military training. In addition, the administration has requested an additional $715 million for the "Iraq Train and Equip Fund" (ITEF) for FY2016, which both houses of Congress"have included"in their versions of this year"s National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)." (2) "Iraq does not just receive funding through ITEF though. Allocations for U.S."Foreign Military Financing"(FMF) program"began"in FY 2012 for $850 million, originally intended to build up Iraq"s long-term sustainment and logistics capabilities, but as IS gained momentum in Iraq in 2014, portions of FMF funding"were redirected"to urgent counterterrorism supplies, including critical resupply of Hellfire missiles, rockets, tank ammunition, small arms/ammo and individual soldier items. Moving into FY2016, the administration has requested $250 million for FMF, the same amount that was allocated in FY 2015." (2) We simply cannot continue to pour endless amounts of money into a war that is: 1: Not our own. We should have no significant interest in securing land-masses for the Iraqi government, since there is little to no gain to be acheived for our country. 2: Fought between opressive ideologies (Eg. Saudi Arabia, white daesh and ISIS, black daesh) that both are so far from the values and principles we hold as american citizens. None of them should be funded with american dollars. 3: Never-ending. The conflicts in the middle east have been ongoing for over fifteen years. Still, no end is in sight. Quite the contrary. As writer Roy Greenslade says in an article: "Daesh has a mother: the invasion of Iraq. But it also has a father: Saudi Arabia and its religious-industrial complex. Until that point is understood, battles may be won, but the war will be lost." (3) We fight a war that can never be won, as the enemy will never be destroyed. Ultimately, the entire american-led military intervention in the middle-east is futile. To use a common analogy: Cut off one head, and two more will grow to take it's place. A suggestion can be proposed to stop all funding towards resolution of the middle eastern conflict while seizing all import and export, oil in particular, with any middle-eastern country. Only then will the war in the Arabic countries be resolved, internally, that is. If this is done, the United States' annual military budget of 597.500.000.000 $ US (4) would be lowered significantly, and the excess funds could be put towards healthcare, education and peaceful scientific research; goals that are far more advantageous for the american people than participating in an endless conflict. End the war on terror; seize the military efforts in the middle east. (1): http://www.thefiscaltimes.com... - 2015 (2): http://www.securityassistance.org... - 2015 (3) http://www.theguardian.com... - 2015 (4) https://www.reddit.com... - 2016