Epstein Secrets

ell to proceed more cautiously than they did in the Afghanistan and Iraq ventures, despite the infectious excitement of the early days of liberated Kabul and Baghdad. Remember: what started in Libya as the humanitarian defence of the population of the eastern city of Benghazi became a full-blooded pu

can provide a framework to limit competition to non-violent politics." Page I 2 of 3 EFTA_R1_02035597 EFTA02692791 The Brookings Institution's Shadi Hamid says that, as hated as he was, Gaddafi had succeeded in uniting his opponents. "Without Gaddafi, though," he writes, "the various elements within t

er Bergen.) After a decade of guerrilla war during which the Soviets sustained heavy losses, the Red Army withdrew, and their puppet government in Kabul fell soon thereafter. A lot, of course, has changed. The Saudis no longer need to fight communism. The new Russians have no ideology and are driv

ah II takes a risk in waiting. "If the Jordanian regime keeps dragging its feet on popular reforms, you will see more and more frustration," says Shadi Hamid of Brookings Doha Center in Qatar. "That's why it isn't as stable as you'd like to think." Article 3. Foreign Policy Saudi Arabia Is Arming the

ter Bergen.) After a decade of guerrilla war during which the Soviets sustained heavy losses, the Red Army withdrew, and their puppet government in Kabul fell soon thereafter. A lot, of course, has changed. The Saudis no longer need to fight communism. The new Russians have no ideology and are driven

llah II takes a risk in waiting. "If the Jordanian regime keeps dragging its feet on popular reforms, you will see more and more frustration," says Shadi Hamid of Brookings Doha Center in Qatar. "That's why it isn't as stable as like to think." Artick 3. Foreign Policy Saudi Arabia Is Arming the Syrian