Yeah, it's definitely America's fault. Not Russia's when they invaded ~30 years ago, destabilizing an already pretty shitty place.

Excuse me? Does the word "Coalition" mean anything to you? You know, the group of nations that included the US, UK, Australia, and Poland, among other countries, not to mention the various European nations that used to rule most of the Middle East as colonies up until the mid-20th Century? A hell of a lot more of the blame falls on Europe than the US - the US is just doing what it can to clean up the clusterfuck that Europe created, but who gets blamed for it? The US, of course, you ungrateful bastards.

Even California's better off than Europe is, in spite of the bullshit the politicians keep trying to pull if you know what you're doing it's LAUGHABLY easy to get around the gun control laws in California, particularly since MOST of said laws are barely enforced - granted it's easier in some places than others; it all depends on how authoritarian the local PD is.