President Obama’s speech to the nation on ISIL and the follow-up statements by the White House and administration officials reveal the political bind that American policy makers find themselves in when dealing with the chaos in the Middle East, or in the Ukraine and Sudan for that matter. Beginning with the disillusionment over the war in Vietnam, followed by a series of misadventures in Iraq and Afghanistan, the American people are much more skeptical of adopting the role of the world’s policeman.
At the same time, American presidents – and much of the American public – take seriously our position …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
