The motives, at their core, was to basically conquer the world.
The position of a place in relation to other places is generally called its "location", since it is only possible to find the location of something by using other locations as "points of reference".
There are many different trains of thought that lead Americans to their own mindset about the aid of Middle Eastern independence.
Generally speaking, there are many people who believe that the United States should be the Police of the world or the hero of smaller countries and help them since they have the power to do so.
Others believe that the United States has no rights of interfering in foreign affairs and should mind their own business.
There are those who just don't agree with the idea of sending kids to die for other countries as well, no matter why.
I would imagine that they where angry even tho I have no idea what message they got