Washington's Role Amid the Mideast Struggle for Power

Washington's Role Amid the Mideast Struggle for Power

The administration’s greatest failing during the Arab revolutions has been not displays of weakness, as Mitt Romney has charged, but excessive caution. It has been too slow to support legitimate movements for change, to back moderates over extremists and to take risks. It has consistently underestimated the power of the United States to positively influence events from Libya to Syria. The future of the Arab world is up for grabs; the United States should be doing everything it can to tilt it toward freedom. That means embracing the example of Christopher Stevens.

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