War Doesn’t Distract the Way It Used To
Authoritarian leaders rely on war to dominate the news cycle. But this time the story isn’t holding.
America has a long history of getting involved in the Middle East. It doesn’t have a great track record.
Iraq. Afghanistan. Libya. Syria.
The United States has often believed it could shape the political future of the region — remove a government, pressure a regime, install something friendlier to Washington.
The results rarely match the plan.
