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August 19, 2012

U.S. Must Rethink the Middle East

Jim Hoagland, Washington Post

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President Obama’s country-by-country, tactical responses to this unfolding Arab revolt have, until now, served the United States fairly well. But the strategic struggle between the gulf Arabs and Iran in Syria unhorses that narrow, reactive approach.

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TAGGED: Syria, Arab Spring, Middle East, United States

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