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To: steve harris who wrote (759568)12/25/2013 11:47:37 PM
From: koan  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1579707
 
He didn't, he stayed out of it. He had a dilemma as they were elected democratically.

There are also the regional politics and alliances to consider e.g. sunnie/shia tribes, Saudi Arabia, etc.

Obama supports the secular folks, but it is a very complicated foreign policy problem.

Bush gained us nothing in Iraq and blew trillions of dollars and thousands of lives because of his simplistic ideas.

Obama is trying to be thoughtful.