Clueless on Gaza
I am not well informed enough to comment on the weekend’s Israeli airstrikes in Gaza. But the endless struggle does make me wonder about the optimists on Iraq who think we are just about finished there. Photo of an Israeli airstrike in Gaza via JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images
I am not well informed enough to comment on the weekend's Israeli airstrikes in Gaza. But the endless struggle does make me wonder about the optimists on Iraq who think we are just about finished there.
I am not well informed enough to comment on the weekend’s Israeli airstrikes in Gaza. But the endless struggle does make me wonder about the optimists on Iraq who think we are just about finished there.
Photo of an Israeli airstrike in Gaza via JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images
Thomas E. Ricks is a former contributing editor to Foreign Policy. Twitter: @tomricks1
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