Grading Obama’s Middle East Strategy (Sensibly): Part I
... them immunity. Nothing to complain about here, and I agree that a residual force would have been better but that is 100% on Maliki not granting immunity and having already committed to his Iranian allies that he would see our troops out in 2011. We will ... ... last summer at the height of Israel’s grossly disproportionate assault on Gaza. In other words, Obama sent Benjamin Netanyahu, then (and still) the Prime Minister of Israel, a clear message: “Go back on your agreements, play words game ...
07.06.2015