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2016 Postmortem

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts) Tue Mar 22, 2016, 02:28 AM Mar 2016

Do you think we need a more "muscular" policy towards the Middle East? [View all]

Corollary question: if "regime change" had no real positive effects in Iraq and few if any in Afghanistan, do you think it could possibly help in Syria?

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	Yes, we need a more "muscular" policy in the Middle East
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	Our present policies in the Middle East are about right
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	We should pretty much leave the Middle East alone militarily/
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Do you think we need a more "muscular" policy towards the Middle East? [View all] Ken Burch Mar 2016 OP

Depends on which "muscle" we exercise - if it's the one between our ears, it might work . . . Journeyman Mar 2016 #1

We lost. Get out. Get over it. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2016 #2

^pretty much this ^ + 1000 Betty Karlson Mar 2016 #11

Agreed. senz Mar 2016 #18

Where's the diplomacy option? joshcryer Mar 2016 #3

With Kerry as SOS, I think that's the "as is" option. I've been very happy with Kerry's work. JonLeibowitz Mar 2016 #4

Fair enough. joshcryer Mar 2016 #6

Yes, indeed. But I think the topic here is the Middle East, not legitimate failings in Eurasia / JonLeibowitz Mar 2016 #7

Obama has it right. Hillary and Sanders are both wrong. Onlooker Mar 2016 #5

Bernie can't be a socialist AND a libertarian. Ken Burch Mar 2016 #8

On foreign affairs, he's certainly not a socialist Onlooker Mar 2016 #9

There can never again be an American military intervention worthy of socialist support. Ken Burch Mar 2016 #10

Well, we can't very well go into a region, impose governments ... Onlooker Mar 2016 #12

Why prop up governments whose authority no one accepts? Ken Burch Mar 2016 #14

We created a mess there Onlooker Mar 2016 #15

What, exactly, CAN we do about women, gays and progressives in the Middle East? Ken Burch Mar 2016 #16

This message was self-deleted by its author Onlooker Mar 2016 #13

Other than ISIS, I'd say leave them alone. senz Mar 2016 #17

We need a more muscular sustainable energy policy. Waiting For Everyman Mar 2016 #19

Seriously. Warren DeMontague Mar 2016 #20