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US troop withdrawals threaten to fuel greater, potentially problematic Gulf assertiveness

US troop withdrawals threaten to fuel greater, potentially problematic Gulf assertiveness

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James M. Dorsey
Dec 26, 2018
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By James M. Dorsey

A podcast version of this story is available on Soundcloud, Stitcher, TuneInand Tumblr.

As far as Gulf leaders are concerned, President Donald J. Trump demonstrated with his announced US troop withdrawals from Syria and Afghanistan that his insistence that the “world is a dangerous place” has never been truer.

The troop withdrawals coupl…

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