Home pagePress CenterIn the Media Jon Alterman, director of the CSIS Middle East Program, was quoted by the Wall Street Journal, “Small Steps to Buy Time."
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Jon Alterman, director of the CSIS Middle East Program, was quoted by the Wall Street Journal, “Small Steps to Buy Time."
Officially, Vice President Dick Cheney's trip through the Middle East this past week was aimed at advancing the goals of defeating terrorism in Iraq and Afghanistan and spreading peace through democracy.
But the White House had a more pragmatic goal in mind as well: making enough progress in the Mideast so that the Iraq and Afghanistan campaigns can continue, regardless whether a Democrat or a Republican succeeds Mr. Bush as president.
Mr. Cheney's gruff demeanor hasn't always helped him as a public salesman for the administration's vision of democracy and justice in the Middle East. But behind ...
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