What's Really Wrong with the Middle East?

(Foreign Policy) Aaron David Miller - I know it comes as a shocker, but the Middle East really isn't the center of the world any more. Many in the Middle East still believe that the world sits on the edge of its collective seat 24/7 wondering what's going to happen next in their region and devising new ways to rescue them. I'm really tired of hammering the United States for not rescuing the peace process and of Arabs waiting for us to punish Israel, which too many ridiculously dismiss as either America's master or its unruly child. The writer is a distinguished scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.


2013-06-27 00:00:00

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