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Grading Obama’s Middle East Strategy (Sensibly): Part II: Syria

... largest and deadliest. Here, as in other situations, we have a crisis in which we must be careful not to blame Obama too much but ... ... and, unlike Qaddafi’s, had strong patrons in Russia and Iran who would complicate and increase the costs of any Western ... ... publicly by several major Western governments (including that of the United States), Human Rights Watch, and later by the United Nations.... ... international meddlers in this conflict (e.g. Russia, Iran, Hezbollah, the Gulf states…), and 4.) since the overall post-2003 Iraq ...

03.08.2015

In Time, Expect Big Changes in America's Middle East Relationships

... expect: 1.) America will try very hard to distance itself from the Gulf. It’s amazing that it’s taken us so long to ... ... though Joe Biden recently got in trouble for saying so, support for ISIS and other Islamic extremists and terrorists from very wealthy ... ... state-sponsored and ever-present-throughout-the-Gulf religious cult of Wahhabism/Salafism streams out of the Gulf like an oil spill, polluting ... ... world. 4.) There’s a good chance for a thaw/deal with Iran in the near future. More than any president since the Iranian ...

19.01.2015

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  1. In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?
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    U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China  
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