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view, this is a crisis. From a national-interest point of view, it is an opportunity to undermine enemies of the United States in both Damascus and Tehran. But President Obama has treated the bloody turmoil, first and foremost, as an opportunity to strengthen the idea that America should subject itsel
Maybe the less alarmed we get, the less alarm will be in order. Robert Wright is a senior editor at The Atlantic and the author, most recently, of The Evolution of God, a New York Times bestseller and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Wall Street Journal Russia's Support for Assad Will Backfire Inna Lazareva J
-interest point of view, it is an opportunity to undermine enemies of the United States in both Damascus and E FTA_R 1 _02207 1 4 3 EFTA02722354 Tehran. But President Obama has treated the bloody turmoil, first and foremost, as an opportunity to strengthen the idea that America should subject itsel
Maybe the less alarmed we get, the less alarm will be in order. Robert Wright is a senior editor at The Atlantic and the author, most recently, of The Evolution of God, a New York Times bestseller and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Article S. Wall Street Journal Russia's Support for Assad Will Backfire Laz
gime off. But it is as likely to rally Iranians around their leaders. Meanwhile, political change is sweeping across the Middle East. The regime in Tehran is divided and it has lost the faith of its people. Eventually, popular resistance will spring up as it did in 2009. A new regime brought about by
y about war have the "jitters." EFTA_R1_00484999 EFTA01991862 Robert Wright is a senior editor at The Atlantic and the author, most recently, of The Evolution of God, a New York Times bestseller and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. EFTA_R1_00485000 EFTA01991863
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