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Obama's Gamble

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Submitted by Peter Herz, Mar 22, 2017 at 10:51

Obama's attempts to court both the Muslim Brotherhood and Iran was probably another attempt to win what appears to be the "wave of the future" in the Middle East. Unhappily, as with the Muslim Brotherhood and Iran in our time, in Ike's time, Arab Nationalism chose the Western world as its enemy.

If anything, this suggests that the USA would be far wiser to adopt a wait and see foreign policy rather than an activist one.

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Title Commenter Date Thread
1Ike regretted his decision [20 words]Stephen KaretzkyApr 11, 2017 07:34238414
ike's gamble [47 words]StanMar 26, 2017 14:51237925
Obama's Gamble [76 words]Peter HerzMar 22, 2017 10:51237840
1MR PIPES is a great researcher [60 words]NEO KORBEN/IMAD NAHASMar 13, 2017 12:42237570
2Making My Enemy Into My Enemy's Enemy...!? [172 words]UNCLE VLADDIMar 11, 2017 17:11237525
Ike's Gamble [132 words]Judith DaviesMar 10, 2017 18:35237485
Catagorically: Human Efforts to Midde East Peace are Doomed to Fail - Most Who Try Do Not Know Why [205 words]M ToveyMar 16, 2017 15:29237485
1Learning Disabled Leaders [28 words]DajjalMar 9, 2017 20:03237269
Ike's Piece Of Paper More Worthless Than Obama's [117 words]DaveMar 9, 2017 11:17237258
You can't learn from fake history [73 words]SeanMar 15, 2017 13:26237258
"rightfully nationalized the Suez Canal" ? [80 words]DaveMar 16, 2017 07:04237258
Ike's "gamble" wasn't that much of a gamble: The French, British and Jews covered his loss. [303 words]Michael SMar 16, 2017 08:25237258

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