The end of America's role in the Middle East?

Could it be that the United States is about to forfeit the pre-eminent position it has held in the Middle East for the last sixty years? Could it be that the United States is about to cede power in the Middle East to Iran? That's what Michael Young claims in Thursday's Beirut Daily Star. Looking at American policy, what do we see today? For starters, we see an Iran actively challenging America