U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East: once about stability, now a cycle of ambition, intervention & unpredictability. Oil, Israel, Iran, shifting alliances—Trump, Biden, & beyond. What’s next in this high-stakes chess game? The End of Ambition w/ @stevenacook.bsky.social youtu.be/Jbm8IrPNK5c?... - ThreadSky

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recyclemike.bsky.social • 34 days ago

U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East: once about stability, now a cycle of ambition, intervention & unpredictability. Oil, Israel, Iran, shifting alliances—Trump, Biden, & beyond. What’s next in this high-stakes chess game? The End of Ambition w/ @stevenacook.bsky.social

https://youtu.be/Jbm8IrPNK5c?si=90bORLI7UzN4sjwR

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bamabacho.bsky.social•34 days ago

Stability?

recyclemike.bsky.social•34 days ago

Check out the interview and better yet, read @stevenacook.bsky.social ‘s cook book. While we achieved stability in the past, our contemporary ambitions of reshaping and deposing regimes in the Middle East led to the opposite. This is why he advocates for a recalibration of policy in great detail

bamabacho.bsky.social•34 days ago

The recalibration should be to leave the people of the middle east the fuck alone

recyclemike.bsky.social•34 days ago

In many regards yes. But America and most of the world have vested interests in the region. Be it simply for the secure supply of oil or that we have security agreements with specific nations. Chiefly, combatting terrorism and eliminating safe refuge for them.

bamabacho.bsky.social•34 days ago

Liberal nonsense. We are a declining power and we have failed in that region to the cost of millions of lives. Best bet is to exit.

recyclemike.bsky.social•34 days ago

According to you, everyone and everything is a declining power. Do you know why no one responds to you? Because no one gives the village idiot the time of day, take care!

https://bsky.app/profile/bamabacho.bsky.social/post/3lgvz4h4l6k2r

recyclemike.bsky.social•34 days ago

You are nonsensical. Our economy depends on the free flow of oil just because of its consumption but also for the market price. We also have brokered peace agreements and enduring security agreements. ie Israel-Egypt. We are not a declining power. Our economy, tech, military envy of the world

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