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How Supplying Sunni Tribes Could Backfire on the U.S.
The bottom line is that the U.S. is stuck with bad options and constrained by the contradictions that define the region’s politics. Policies would have negative implications whichever way we turn. There are no neat, let alone comprehensive, solutions to Iraq, Syria, or most other challenges confronting U.S. policymakers. The Lebanese historian Kamal Salibi was right: Great powers meddle in the affairs of small tribes at their own risk.Posted by: Pappy 2015-06-01 |
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