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led dictatorship that was held together by an iron fist under Baathist ideology. And, for me, the lesson of Iraq is quite simple: You can't go from Saddam to Switzerland without getting stuck in Hobbes — a war of all against all — unless you have a well- armed external midwife, whom everyone on the gro

edded in President George W. Bush's administration were determined to reshape the region in Israel's and America's interest. Their first target was Saddam Hussein's Iraq, seen as a potential threat to Israel. Had the United States been successful in Iraq, Syria would have been next. Neither Iraq nor the United

America's interest. Their first target was Saddam Hussein's Iraq, seen as a potential threat to Israel. Ha

Iraq Thomas L. Friedman Article 2. Stratfor Consequences of the Fall of Syrian Regime George Friedman Article 3. TIME Five Syria Nightmares Tony Karon Article 4. Agence Global The Destruction of Syria Patrick Seale Article 5. NYT The Candidates Talk Foreign Policy Editorial Article 6. The At

But Israel also has a short-term objective — and that is to play for time. Israel notes that its 1981 bombing of a nuclear reactor in Iraq set back Saddam Hussein's program — and did not result in some sort of massive retaliation. Something similar happened with the 2007 bombing of a Syrian installation. Neithe

e modest number of outside ground troops. They could be partly modeled on the protection we afforded Kurds in Iraq throughout the 1990s, even while Saddam was still in power. Alas, this task would be harder here. There is no natural geographic or demographic logic to any particular possible safe zone

ing of a nuclear reactor in Iraq set back Saddam Hussein's program — and did not result in some sort of ma

2. The Washington Post Playing for time through a strike on Iran Richard Cohen Article 3. TIME Five Tips For on Nuclear Negotiations With Iran Tony Karon Article 4. Bloomberg Israelis Grow Confident Strike on Iran's Nukes Can Work Jeffrey Goldberg Article 5. The Moscow Times Beautiful Friendships

q War. Then, the primary concern was that Saddam Hussein's regime would use weapons against another count

ia if the opportunity arose. This threat is not analogous to concerns expressed in the run-up to the Iraq War. Then, the primary concern was that Saddam Hussein's regime would use weapons against another country or deliberately transfer them to a terrorist group. Further, it was suspected that Iraq might hav

the Iraq War. Then, the primary concern was that Saddam Hussein's regime would use weapons against anoth

Article 2. Hurriyet Gaza, Jerusalem, Nicosia, Baku Burak Bekdil Article 3. TIME Hamas Signals Break with Iran, But Is That Good for Israel? Tony Karon Article 4. Politico Do Israelis support a strike on Iran? Shibley Telhami Article 5. Foreign Affairs The Most Controversial Israeli Settlements

ria if the opportunity arose. This threat is not analogous to concerns expressed in the run-up to the Iraq War. Then, the primary concern was that Saddam Hussein's regime would use weapons against another country or deliberately transfer them to a terrorist group. Further, it was suspected that Iraq might have

the Iraq War. Then, the primary concern was that Saddam Hussein's regime would use weapons against anoth

aq War. Then, the primary concern was that Saddam Hussein's regime would use weapons against another count

Article 2. Hurriyet Gaza, Jerusalem, Nicosia, Baku Burak Bekdil Article 3. TIME Hamas Signals Break with Iran, But Is That Good for Israel? Tony Karon Article 4. Politico Do Israelis support a strike on Iran? Shibley Telhami Article 5. Foreign Affairs The Most Controversial Israeli Settlements

y striking distance. 2001's Operation Enduring Freedom saw huge numbers of American troops gathered on Iran's eastern border in Afghanistan, while Saddam's overthrow, despite removing a pressing Iranian security concern, but saw yet more U.S. troops massed now on its western border. With U.S. forces

R1_00298526 EFTA01884045 By "retiring" Mohamed Hussein Tantawi and Sami Annan and reversing SCAF's June

'Very Seriously' Laura Rozen Article 5. TIME What the Muslim Brotherhood's 'Countercoup' EFTA_R1_00298501 EFTA01884020 Tells Us About Egypt Tony Karon Article 6. The Wall Street Journal The U.S. Natural-Gas Boom Will Transform the World John Deutch Article 7. Spiegel Turkey and the Euro Crisis

irst black president of the United States, Barack Hussein Obama. The plaque could very well read that he h

, 2012 Article 1. Spiegel America: Notes on the Decline of a Great Nation Article 2. TIME Five Countries Where the U.S. Election Matters Most Tony Karon Article 3. Foreign Policy Middle East Lost Shadi Hamid Article 4. Ahram Online The absurd notion of Jewish 'refugees' from Arab lands Khalid A

, as Muhammad Sahimi wrote in Tehran Bureau, the reason that the Qods Force was established in the 1980s: to train Iraq's Kurds (and Shia) against Saddam. Interestingly, noted the same author, Soleimani and his generation of fellow IRGC commanders never got over the fact that the West (and indeed the

icle 1. The Washington Post Egypt's scapegoat for the Sinai attack David Ignatius Article 2. TIME As the Sinai Goes, So Too the Golan Heights? Tony Karon Article 3. Foreign Policy Jim Baker: Realists have been successful stewards of foreign policy Josh Rogin Article 4. The Washington Post Ignorin