Tuesday, September 6, 2016

The US is bogged down in the Middle East — and China knows it

Business Insider 12 hours ago 
Matt Purple is a fellow at Defense Priorities. He is the Deputy Editor for Rare Politics. Prior to Rare, he was the assistant managing editor of the American Spectator. He gave us a permission to run this op-ed. Many years ago, the Obama administration had a good foreign policy idea. Remove your jaw from the floorboards and stay with me on this one. Barack Obama was elected during a period of tense ceasefire in the Middle East. The violence in Iraq had dwindled, and new sanctions on Iran quickly rendered Tehran economically impotent. After years of immersion in Mesopotamia, it seemed we could finally move on, and so the Obama administration redirected its efforts towards East Asia. Give the president ...
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