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Sunday, April 06, 2014
Truest statement of the week II
The recent lack of action in the Middle East reflects the crisis of U.S. foreign policy — Obama simply has no idea what to do next; he’s continued the Bush-era policy of tearing the region asunder and, like Bush, he doesn’t have the political-military power to put the smoldering jigsaw back together again — at least not in a way favorable to “U.S. interests.”
-- Shamus, Cooke, "New Lows for Obama's Failed Middle East Policy" (CounterPunch).