Obama’s Iran and Syria muddle

Washington Post by Jackson Diehl | Jun. 11, 2012

From one point of view the connection between our troubles with Syria and Iran is pretty straightforward. The Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad is Iran’s closest ally, and its link to the Arab Middle East. Syria has provided the land bridge for the transport of Iranian weapons and militants to Lebanon and the Gaza Strip. Without Syria, Iran’s pretensions to regional hegemony, and its ability to challenge Israel, would be crippled. ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Ayman bin Moshi - Jun 10, 2012 - 7:54 PM PDT
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 by Austin Bright - Jun. 12, 2012

This is informative. However, This entire article is full of predictions. Even though the predictions are backed up with some facts, they are still predictions. Although they still are valid predictions considering the author was in foreign bureaus. However, The author has only worked in traditionally democratic with maybe some communist influence. Therefore I question his knowledge on religious dictatorships of the middle east. Just my thought.

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