Ziad K Abdelnour

My short answer – with the sole exception of the Camp David accords – is somewhere between “completely ineffective” and “making a bad situation worse”.

Unfortunately, it seems that all of the US’s current problems in the Middle East are of our own making… and the cynically minded would even say that this is by design.

Very possible indeed as it seems all we care about – judging by our actions – is selling the Gulf nations and their neighbors more arms while keeping our access to cheap oil wide open.  Anyone challenging our positions there is either bombed into oblivion or put out of business….No smart way neither to grow influence nor to make friends.

It is a fact that since the 1950s we have been very successful at keeping the region unstable, and that has served our geopolitical and economic interests much more than stability would have.

Let’s take a close look at our history in the region since the 1950s – after the creation of the State of Israel – along with our track record as Americans there.

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Thank You.