September 19, 2007
Tony Karon at Rootless Cosmopolitan says that by invading Iraq, the U.S. has irreversibly altered the balance of power throughout the Middle East;. Consequently, Iraq cannot be treated as a policy decision in isolation from the full spectrum of U.S. interests throughout the region — all of which will be calamitously weakened if the U.S. were to precipitously retreat.
Kal
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