Sunday, May 10, 2015

Have you no shame?

“The Arab states and Israel, Obama said then, wanted Washington to be their proxy in the contest with Iran; but he adamantly refused to play that role. Instead, he envisioned, in Remnick’s words, ‘a new geostrategic equilibrium, one less turbulent than the current landscape of civil war, terror, and sectarian battle.’ Who would help him develop the strategy to achieve this equilibrium? ‘I don’t really even need George Kennan right now,’ the president responded, alluding to the acknowledged godfather of the cold-war strategy of containment. What he truly needed instead were strategic partners, and a prime candidate for that role was—he explained—Iran.”

http://mosaicmagazine.com/essay/2015/02/obamas-secret-iran-strategy/

Long and detailed analysis on how Obama has had an Iran strategy since Day One of his inauguration, and that plan pushes aside Middle East allies of the last 50 years.

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