Yes definitely - Zionist / Neocon factions of the US and Israeli governments anxious to engage US troops to kill Israel's enemies with US soldiers. When looking at the why, remember it's not 1 simple thing. The reasons are manifold in nature and we may never know all of the reasons why. But the elites want us to be fighting low level conflicts continuously. As someone once said, there's no money in peace, and after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the "end" of the Cold War, defense companies were worried that this peace thing might become a thing.