Kathianne
08-20-2016, 08:08 AM
and all candidates look to want to carry on. He called it 'leading from behind.' One can assume Hillary would want to do the same, (though there's a record that says she might well act differently), she certainly did so as SoS. Trump and all 3rd party candidates seem to be of the same mindset. How is it working? What will we see with that as foreign policy in the future?
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/charles-krauthammer-price-obama-detachment-article-1.2757122
The price of Obama’s detachment: Powerlessness has its consequences, from Russia to Iran to Iraq and Syria
This week Russian bombers flew out of Iranian air bases to attack rebel positions in Syria. The State Department pretended not to be surprised. It should be. It should be alarmed. Iran's intensely nationalistic revolutionary regime had never permitted foreign forces to operate from its soil. Until now.
The reordering of the Middle East is proceeding apace. Where for 40 years the U.S.-Egypt alliance anchored the region, a Russia-Iran condominium is now dictating events. That’s what you get after eight years of U.S. retrenchment and withdrawal. That’s what results from the nuclear deal with Iran, the evacuation of Iraq and utter U.S. immobility on Syria. Consider:
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http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/charles-krauthammer-price-obama-detachment-article-1.2757122
The price of Obama’s detachment: Powerlessness has its consequences, from Russia to Iran to Iraq and Syria
This week Russian bombers flew out of Iranian air bases to attack rebel positions in Syria. The State Department pretended not to be surprised. It should be. It should be alarmed. Iran's intensely nationalistic revolutionary regime had never permitted foreign forces to operate from its soil. Until now.
The reordering of the Middle East is proceeding apace. Where for 40 years the U.S.-Egypt alliance anchored the region, a Russia-Iran condominium is now dictating events. That’s what you get after eight years of U.S. retrenchment and withdrawal. That’s what results from the nuclear deal with Iran, the evacuation of Iraq and utter U.S. immobility on Syria. Consider:
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