"The threat of terrorism from the Middle East was a consequence of American involvement, not the reason for it. If the US had not been involved since the 1940s, Islamic militants would have little interest in attacking it."
"Kagan is not rejecting US hegemony so much as mourning its decline. His startling admission is buried in an article lamenting the Iran war as a strategic disaster, straining western alliances and aiding Russia and China."
"Kagan's transition from arguing the invasion of Iraq would have a seismic impact on the Arab world for the better to conceding that US intervention fueled Islamist violence isn't unique."
"Knowing what we know now, I would never have voted for it, said Hillary Clinton about the Iraq war in 2007. Barack Obama described the chaotic aftermath of Libya as his worst mistake."
Robert Kagan, a prominent neoconservative, acknowledges that US involvement in the Middle East has led to Islamic militancy rather than being a cause for it. He reflects on the disastrous consequences of US wars in the region, particularly the Iran war, which has strained alliances and benefited adversaries like Russia and China. Kagan's shift in perspective mirrors a broader realization among Western leaders about the negative impacts of intervention, with figures like Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama expressing regret over their past support for military actions in the region.
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