Asia Times
"Twelve years after the US invaded Afghanistan to topple the Taliban and a decade after the invasion of Iraq - both designed to expand America's regional clout by removing adversaries - Washington's standing in country after country in the Middle East has never been weaker. It is as if the Obama administration is following a a field guide to losing friends, influencing no one, and alienating the whole region......
Right now, imagine the Obama administration as one of those vaudeville acts that keep a dozen plates spinning atop vibrating poles. At just this moment in the Middle East, those "plates" are tipping in every direction. There's still time to prevent them all from crashing to the ground, but it would take a masterful effort from the White House - and it's far from clear that anyone there is up to the task. "
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