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3. Sooooo many administration foreign policy efforts died on that hill.

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Thu May 4, 2017, 07:48 AM

May 2017

Obama wisely never attempted to go down that road because it has never worked. The closest ever was Carter's Camp David accords and it resulted in the assassination of one leader involved.

It's a Hail Mary pass from a failed administration to attempt a major success as a last effort.

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