Forget Iran. Russia is the real threat to the US in the Middle East

[bronxiteforever]

CNBC May 22, 2018
Sean McFate, senior fellow, Atlantic Council

President Trump's plan to abandon the Iran nuclear deal is like the BREXIT: It caused a continental earthquake. Iran and Israel are inching towards an all-out war that could redefine the Middle East.

Meanwhile, experts in Washington are debating what to do like it's 2012, when the U.S. was the powerbroker. But it's 2018 and Moscow has supplanted Washington in the region, a key fact missing in the debate.

By focusing too much on the dead nuclear deal, we miss the bigger picture: Our contest is not with Iran or even the Middle East — it's with Russia. Until the U.S. gets serious about the Russian threat, we will cede much of the Middle East to Moscow in a self-inflicted catastrophe of American foreign policy.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/22/forget-iran-russia-is-the-real-threat-to-the-us-in-the-middle-east.html

[TimeSnowDemos]

1. Yes we'll duh.

Re Iran, the US is the bad guy.

Sadly Americans of all political persuasions are hell bent on war with a country that they know almost nothing about.

Easier than acknowledging US history suppose.

[global1]

2. Trump Is In Bed With The Russians.....

this is all choreographed to cede the ME to Russia.