Obama courting Iran for help in Iraq risks backlash
Posted by seumasach on June 17, 2014
Obama is certainly risking the ire of the Neo-Cons in engaging with Iran but he is doing so from what is regarded as a strategic imperative: defeating Al-Qaida. It difficult for the Neo-Cons to argue with this and so they find themselves hoisted on their own petard
17th June, 2014
President Barack Obama’s outreach to Iran to help thwart Sunni militants in Iraq may upset regional allies and risk a domestic political backlash.
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