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Afghanistan

Obama’s 2010 Successes and Failures in the Middle East – Cole in Truthdig

Juan Cole 12/21/2010

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My new column at Truthdig.com is just out: “Obama’s 2010 Successes and Failures in the Middle East”.

Excerpt:

‘ As 2010 dawned, President Barack Obama had four big issues on his plate regarding the Middle East. These were Iraq, Israel-Palestine, Iran, and Afghanistan. The year has been as unkind to him on those issues as it was with respect to unemployment and the Republican resurgence. As the decade draws to a close, it is clear that the bright hopes inspired by Obama’s 2009 Cairo speech have markedly faded…’

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Filed Under: Afghanistan, Iraq, Iraq War, Israel/ Palestine

About the Author

Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page

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