Former envoy: Al-Qaida linked leader an ‘asset’ to US Syria strategy
Ambassador James Jeffrey is just reminding us how complicated and counterproductive our policy is there — if there is one.
Ambassador James Jeffrey is just reminding us how complicated and counterproductive our policy is there — if there is one.
The State Department’s terrorist lists have become politicized and counterproductive.
The US needs to state its objectives clearly so that we’re not bogged down in counterterrorism operations indefinitely.
The rhetorical power of using ‘defeat’ as a shorthand comes with dangers that are likely best avoided by adopting the clarity of simply stating the desired objective.