Gaza War: US policy in the Middle East has failed

Crashing the War Party

In this special episode, Kelley and Dan update the headlines from the Gaza strip and talk about how U.S. policy in the region has become increasingly effective in terms of pushing for a two-state solution and helping to restrain the more extreme impulses of the Israeli government ahead of the Hamas attacks on Israel and retaliatory strikes in Gaza over the last week.

In the first segment, we talk to Mark Hannah, senior fellow of the Eurasia Group Foundation about the organization's recent polling, Views of US Foreign Policy in a Fragmented World, which finds strong public opinion in favor of diplomacy with Iran and Russia, declining interest in fighting a forever war in Ukraine, and an interesting uptick in support for military intervention against China in defense of Taiwan.

More from Mark Hannah:

The Real Reason Ukraine Isn’t Ready to Join NATO, Politico, 9/18/23

Washington Should Divide, Not Unite, Russia and China, The National Interest, 9/14/23

Straight Talk on the Country’s War Addiction, New York Times, 2/18/23

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