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Apply the logic of the Afghanistan withdrawal to Syria

Key points The logic President Biden used for removing U.S. troops from Afghanistan applies to Syria. Since a U.S. intervention should be defined by clear, achievable goals, and since long-range strikes, instead of occupying forces, can accomplish U.S. counterterrorism goals, there is no good case for keeping U.S. troops in …

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Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei Says About Israel’s Attacks On Gaza ‘We Must Respond; Let’s Respond; Today, In The Case Of Gaza, This Response Is On All Of Us; We Must Respond’; Calls On President Biden To Restrain Israel – As His Advisor Velayati Calls On Hamas To Continue ‘In Full Force’

At an October 17, 2023 meeting with members of Iran’s elite scientific circles, at the Imam Khomeini Husseiniya[1] in Tehran, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei instructed the commanders in Iran and the leaders of the resistance organizations that they must respond to Israel’s attacks against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. …

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Hamas offensive of October 7, 2023 and Tet offensive of January 30, 1968. Similar, yet divergent

Commentators are comparing the Toofan Al-Aqsa offensive by Hamas against Israel with the 1973 Yom Kippur event, when a coalition of Arab armies led by Egypt and Syria, overwhelmed Israeli forces. But that was a war led by state-sponsored armies, whereas the latest attack on Israel has been carried out …

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