American - Journalist | September 16, 1973 -
Unfortunately, the American policy towards Pakistan is just to worry and express concern, and that is not a clear policy at all.
Richard Engel
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The Arab Spring is over. The days of the protesters with laptops and BlackBerrys in Tahrir Square are long gone.
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For decades, Saddam and his Sunni minority had imposed their will on Iraq, carrying on a 14-century tradition of Sunnis controlling Mesopotamia despite a Shiite majority.
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Not surprisingly, in most Sunni regions there has little appetite for free U.S.-sponsored elections.
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President George W. Bush, in his now-rare public appearances and interviews, still refuses to acknowledge he did anything to help Iran. But it doesn't really matter what he thinks.
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The U.S. spent years and years and billions of dollars to build the Iraqi army only to watch it collapse and hand over so many of its weapons.
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For eight years, you had the Bush administration with a very interventionist policy, driving into world affairs, driving primarily into the Islamic world, army first or fist first.
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We're all bloggers and punks and rebels with cameras. There is absolutely no respect for career journalists anymore.
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We should have a time to reflect on the accomplishments of the military, of their sacrifices, of their failures.
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When you look at Syria, and you look at all the militant groups on the ground, there are many groups in Syria that could pose a threat to the United States, not just Khorasan.
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Once you start bombing in Syria, when you start looking for targets, there will be a lot.
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We know that al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has some very dangerous, very important leaders who are tied directly to the top leadership of al Qaeda central, including a man who was formerly Osama bin Laden's secretary.
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