Without that fundamental pillar of U.S. foreign policy, we are left with a purely destructive strategy—to fight ISIS and Iran—with no prescription on how to build a brighter future. . ..…
The 2003 war left Iran ascendant in the region, and it cost the United States not only significant blood and treasure, but so much of the standing and legitimacy it gained in 1991. . ..…
Some of these are the descendants of those who considered themselves French and therefore left Algeria a half-century ago. Some are political refugees (and their children) from Syria and Iran and the like. ..…