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Challenged by Mideast Upheaval, Obama Policy Re-examined

Posted May 22nd, 2015 at 2:20 pm (UTC-5)
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Be it the Islamic State, Syria, Iraq or a possible nuclear deal with Iran, the region’s complexity is, once again, front and center. That IS militants now hold more than half of Syrian territory is just one alarming development that has President Barack Obama defending the choices he’s made to handle unprecedented upheaval in the Middle East.

You Want Hypothetical? Here’s One.

Posted May 22nd, 2015 at 9:22 am (UTC-5)
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Following six years of President Obama’s steady and determined withdrawal from the Middle East, America’s standing in the region has collapsed.

Other People’s Armies

Posted May 21st, 2015 at 12:23 pm (UTC-5)
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Wary of the high costs of war (as illustrated by the unhappy interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan he was elected to end), a central principle of Obama’s plan in this regard has been something that could be characterized as “Other People’s Armies”…