386 | Michael R. Gordon: The U.S. Isn't Ready for Great Power Conflict - And the Iraq War(s) That Led It There
The Realignment
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The End Game of American Engagement in the Middle East
The White House under President Bush did not envision insurgency. It was not really didn't have a good handle on what they called phase four post conflict resolution and neither did General Tommy Frank's. The principal challenge now is Iran, which is almost approaching becoming a threshold nuclear state,. And the challenge there is to avert a war. While exerting enough leverage that Iraq stop short of becoming a nuclear power.
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