What the U.S. Retreat from the Middle East Means for Israel
The good, the bad, and the irresponsible.
August 2, 2016
The good, the bad, and the irresponsible.
Over the past eight years, America has been steadily disengaging from the Middle East. Among the results, writes Efraim Inbar, are Iranian regional ascendancy, the likelihood of further nuclear proliferation, the rise of Islamic State, an emboldened Russia, and bloody chaos in Iraq, Syria, Yemen, and elsewhere. And then there are the consequences for Israel:
The good, the bad, and the irresponsible.
Who is the intended audience for this attack?
Hastening a political settlement without provoking a war with Russia.
Psychological attempts fall flat.
In what’s now the capital of Islamic State.
Over the past eight years, America has been steadily disengaging from the Middle East. Among the results, writes Efraim Inbar, are Iranian regional ascendancy, the likelihood of further nuclear proliferation, the rise of Islamic State, an emboldened Russia, and bloody chaos in Iraq, Syria, Yemen, and elsewhere. And then there are the consequences for Israel:
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