Middle East

What gives me any credibility in what I'm talking about here? How about the fact that I've been obsessed with the region since the late nineties and have friends from there. Which is a much bigger effort than the standard American has. Of course, back in

The news about the killing of Osama bin Laden in 2011 made me feel as if we had crossed the threshold separating the Bush and Obama administration. I felt like the mess had been cleaned up in the midst of a changing foreign policy and a more distant relationship with