Surprised by Violence in Middle East, USA Returns to Core Competency of Nation Building There
Reading Time: 3 minutes After years of letting its influence wane in the Middle East in favor of graciously helping out poor people—and thereby winning hearts and minds—with laser-guided precision in Central Asia, the United States of America is renewing its focus on Iraq and surrounding countries. United States Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said at a press conference, “The current administration and I both believe that the United States needs to return to…