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Trump’s Opponents Want to Humble the USA

JL;DR SUMMARY Lee Smith's article critiques the internal conservative opposition to Donald Trump's stance on Iran, suggesting that such opposition reflects an alignment with Barack Obama's foreign policy intentions rather than a genuine concern for avoiding Middle East entanglements. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Middle EastIranDonald TrumpForeign PolicyObamaTucker CarlsonMagaKoch NetworkNuclear Policy

Places mentioned

United States
"Colin Powell, who believed the United States was obliged to fix polities that it has broken in order to ensure American peace and advance our prosperity, are not the norm in American foreign policy."
Israel
"Israel is a U.S. ally and thus a token of American power in the Middle East."
Iran
"Deterring Israel means hobbling America. This was precisely the point of Obamas nuclear deal with Iran."
Saudi Arabia
"He said he wanted to create a geopolitical equilibrium in which, as he explained, Saudi Arabia would learn to share the region with Iran."

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