Epstein Secrets

in the Middle East, as it is a proven method for encouraging moderation, opening communication channels, and reducing the risks of miscalculation. U.S. Army land forces are central to such military-to-military relationships because ground troops constitute 87% of all Middle Eastern armed forces. Unduly

There was the good King Hussein, the wily but indispensable Arafat, the enigmatic yet much-courted Assad, the cruel Saddam, the crazy (like a fox) Qaddafi, and the plodding but reliable Mubarak. The United States built its policies on these men and their regimes without much regard to broader politica

Tube. According to U.S. authorities, he also communicated directly with two individuals who committed acts of terrorism, including Nidal Hasan, the U.S. Army officer accused of gunning down 13 people and wounding 32 others at Fort Hood in 2009, and Umar Farouk Abdulmuttallab, the so-called Underwear Bomb

rones, the way you went after terrorists was you sent your troops," says Goure. "You sent your Navy, you sent your Marines, like Reagan going after Qaddafi in the Eighties. You bombed their camp. Now you have drones that can be operated by the military or the CIA from thousands of miles away." The low

White is former senior advisor to the United States Security Coordinator to Israel and the Palestinian Authority (USSC). P.J. Dermer is a retired U.S. Army Colonel and Middle East Foreign Area Officer who served as an Army attaché to Israel. They are currently co-authoring a history of the USSC. Artic

hrain. It was only Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi's downfall that Saudi Arabia welcomed. Saudi-Syrian relations had been quite problematic under Qaddafi, who was once even accused of trying to assassinate Saudi King Abdullah. Turkey, of course, took the opposite tack, supporting all the uprisings,