U.S. Middle East Policy: Are Things That Bad?

The Wall Street Journal (online registration required): The Middle East is falling apart. And U.S. policy, too.

Henry Kissinger, one of the most consequential secretaries of state in the past 50 years, argued recently in The Wall Street Journal that the U.S. has lost its ability to shape events. America isn’t as feared, admired, or respected as it needs to be in a region where fear, admiration and respect give a great power street cred.

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