A reader passes on a short, clarifying essay by Andrew Bacevich titled “Lessons From America’s War For The Greater Middle East”, a war he says we have been fighting since 1980, and are not ...

The deal carries the risk of putting Israel and Iran closer to a more dangerous direct confrontation.

But the Middle East has changed significantly since he left ... could be subjected to greater pressure from the US to abide by the maximum pressure,” Alhasan said. One challenge that emerging ...