Grading Obama’s Middle East Strategy (Sensibly): Part I
... Hosni Mubarak in Egypt to Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel, from Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran to (the recently departed) King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia and also from the actions... ... were just as surprised as Americans at the Arab Spring, as well. As far as Israel/Palestine, Obama inherited a Bibi Netanyahu who had little-to-no desire to take the... ... that, having spent blood and treasure to give Iraqi politicians breathing room to make politics work—the explicit stated objective of the “Surge”—while...
07.06.2015