President Barack Obama talks on the phone with Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany in the Oval Office, Aug. 29, 2013. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
The Failures Of US Foreign/Military Policy -- Jack A. Smith, Foreign Policy Journal
The United States insists on throwing its formidable weight around and being recognized as world hegemon, but refuses to take any responsibility for the great number of negative results that emanate from its constant military and political interventions in the affairs of other states and regions.
At this time of great conflict in the world, U.S. foreign/military policy seems to be intimately connected to virtually everything that’s going wrong. Like the bull in a china shop, Uncle Sam’s blundering wreckage is left behind but the rich superpower emerges relatively unscathed to enter into yet another perceived trouble spot requiring its dubious interference.
Following is an assessment of current U.S. interventions, and failures, in the Middle East (Syria-Iraq, Gaza-Israel), Ukraine-Russia and other topics.
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Update: No end in sight for America's Mideast war duties -- David Crary, AP
My Comment: I think what is becoming frustrating for a lot of Americans is that they are not seeing the "light at the end of the tunnel" in most (if not all) of these conflicts. The following New York Times' post reveals this growing unsettled mood .... Weary of War, but Favoring Airstrike Plan (New York Times)