middle east

“Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations- entangling alliances with none.” - Thomas Jefferson ******** "It’s hypocritical to dismiss certain founding principles simply because a convenient rationale is needed to justify interventionist policies today. The principles enshrined in the Constitution do not change. If anything, today’s more complex world cries out for the moral clarity provided by a noninterventionist foreign policy." --Ron Paul

On Day One, the next president of the United States should begin preparations to immediately and unconditionally end the war in Iraq - the biggest strategic mistake of our lifetime and a distraction from the war on terror and America's strategic interests in the Middle East and at home.

www.americanprogress.org/issues/2007/06/strategic_reset.html Center for American Progress Senior Fellow Brian Katulis discusses the new CAP report, Strategic Reset, Reclaiming Control of US Security in the Middle East, which among other things, calls for the US to ramp up diplomatic efforts in the region and address the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. THE CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS

www.americanprogress.org/issues/2007/08/redeploy_report.html CAP's military experts release a new report outlining how the United States can implement a logistically sound strategic redeployment from Iraq. THE CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS www.AMERICANPROGRESS.org