It Will Take More Than Tough Talk to Roll Back Iran’s March to Dominance
Stopping the mullahs involves taking risks.
December 14, 2017
It Will Take More Than Tough Talk to Roll Back Iran’s March to Dominance
Stopping the mullahs involves taking risks.
By sending troops to Syria, the U.S. has prevented some key locations in that country from falling into the hands of the Russian-Iranian-Syrian alliance. But, with Islamic State deprived of its territory and rebel forces on the defensive, most of the country is now under the control of Moscow and/or Tehran. This result, argues Reuel Marc Gerecht, is a sign that the White House, while saying all the right things about the nature of the Islamic Republic, has done little to accomplish its own stated goals:
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