Obama’s Nightmare

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/14/opinion/friedman-obamas-nightmare.html

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From: barry levine 
Date: Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 8:05 AM
Subject: re: Obama’s Nightmare
To: letters@nytimes.com


To the Editor:

   Ten years ago, Thomas Friedman asserted that Iraq was the keystone to the Middle East; by sponsoring regime change there, the U.S. could bring peace to the region. Now he pins that target onto Syria.

        I no longer care whether Mr. Friedman can learn from his mistakes or not. But it is important that the U.S. should learn, and change our behavior.  Regime change in Iraq has been very profitable to arms merchants and oil companies. It has cost America thousands of lives and hundreds of billions of dollars. We can't afford another such adventure.

Barry Haskell Levine