| ID | 136198 |
| Title Proper | Collapse of order in the Middle East |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Freeman, Chas W |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Will Rogers once observed that “when you get into trouble 5,000 miles from home, you've got to have been looking for it.” It's a good deal more than 5,000 miles to Baghdad or Damascus from here. And, boy, have we gotten into trouble! We are trying to cope with the cumulative consequences of multiple failures. Just about every American project in the Middle East has now come a cropper. There is a new military campaign-morale patch commemorating this. It is available through Amazon.com for $7.45. The patch bears an escutcheon with a logo that, in the interest of decorum, I will not read out. It sounds like Operation Enduring Fluster Cluck. |
| `In' analytical Note | Middle East Policy Vol.21, No.4; Win.2014: p.61-68 |
| Journal Source | Middle East Policy Vol: 21 No 4 |
| Standard Number | United States – US |