Saturday, June 1, 2013

More Troubling Signs

http://www.timesofisrael.com/saudis-gulf-states-unnerved-by-us-pivot-away-from-middle-east/

Nixon tried this in the early '70s. He came up with the "Twin Pillars" policy. It failed and sparked an arms race between Iraq and Iran, the Iranian revolution, the Iran-Iraq War,  the Tanker War of 87-88, and the First Gulf War of 1990-1991.

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