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June 23, 2012

The Iranian Agent

When Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, who has plagued the Saudis for years, was targeted by a popular uprising, Obama did nothing to topple Iran’s lone Arab ally.
Instead, he backed a Russian-inspired diplomatic process that has served only to buy Assad time​—​just as three rounds of nuclear talks have helped protect Iran from an Israeli strike. So the net effect of Obama’s Middle East strategy has been to protect Tehran’s regional security interests​—​Syria, Hezbollah, and the bomb. -- The Obama Retreat

Posted by gerardvanderleun at June 23, 2012 10:00 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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