Originally Posted by
ORAC
Really? I think it has happened before. I recall the back and forth shifting between US and Russian/Soviet alliances in Ethiopia a few decades back.
Looking back since 9-11, nearly 15 years ago, it is obvious that GW Bush and his team wanted to change the Middle East. They succeeded. Change has occurred. President Obama (champion of the Arab Spring) also wanted to change the Middle East. He too succeeded. Change is taking place.
Its' just not quite the change either of them envisioned as the end state, because there are other players in this game. (That too has happened before ...)
What is it that the Bard said? "The play's the thing."
