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Iraq
How Supplying Sunni Tribes Could Backfire on the U.S.
2015-06-01
The bottom line is that the U.S. is stuck with bad options and constrained by the contradictions that define the region’s politics. Policies would have negative implications whichever way we turn. There are no neat, let alone comprehensive, solutions to Iraq, Syria, or most other challenges confronting U.S. policymakers. The Lebanese historian Kamal Salibi was right: Great powers meddle in the affairs of small tribes at their own risk.
Posted by:Pappy

#3  Hell, it already has.
Posted by: DepotGuy   2015-06-01 13:05  

#2  More like WILL

The only question is when and how.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2015-06-01 08:49  

#1  "Could"?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2015-06-01 03:21  

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