Jeffrey Goldberg, Columnist

Obama Is About to Undermine His Mideast Doctrine

Jeff Goldberg column on Obama and Syria
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For five years, President Obama has more or less successfully adhered to a very specific, though not immediately discernible, doctrine when formulating American policy in the Muslim world.

Many foreign policy experts believe that Obama doesn't have a Middle East policy at all -- a clear-cut set of ideas that guide American engagement in the greater Middle East. This, we are told, is a big problem.