> human suffering, unfortunately, does not motivate Americans like gas prices do.

Absolutely right. It also makes sense most people will care about something tangible like gas prices than the lives of other people half way across the world.

But this doesn't mean that half way across the world there isn't something truly urgent that needs dealing with.

I honestly don't know what will come of this war but I do know with a fair bit or certainty that a nuclear Iran would have caused the US far more damage than a few weeks of higher gas prices, and they wouldn't even need to use it.

But to truly and fully understand this people need to put a real effort and research the region.