Restore trust in America's leadership
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Democracy : a journal of ideas, 2007, No. 6
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DAALDER, Ivo, LINDSAY, James, Restore trust in America’s leadership, Democracy : a journal of ideas, 2007, No. 6 - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/42706
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No foreign policy decision since America’s retreat into isolationism in the 1930s has done more to harm American and global security than the Iraq war. The invasion and incompetently executed occupation have devastated Iraq and unleashed a civil war that has killed tens of thousands and displaced millions. Iraq has become a recruiting cause and training ground for a new generation of terrorists–young men bent on the suicidal destruction of Americans and Iraqis alike. The balance of power within the Middle East has shifted dramatically in favor of the most radical and extremist elements in the region–led by a newly confident Iran. But what has made the war a blunder of truly historic proportions is that it has cost America the trust of its friends and allies around the world–a trust that since 1945 has been instrumental in translating America’s economic and military power into global influence and leadership.
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Presented first at the symposium on the future of American policy in the Middle East. Entitled “After Iraq.” http://democracyjournal.org/category/magazine/6/