Another way of looking at the trade-offs in American Foreign Policy...

Here is the story from the NYTimes.

Another story from the NYTimes (here) about retired US generals testifying before a Senate Committee. Note the following line:

“There is no way to win a war that is not in your interests." That's from Lt. Gen. William E. Odom, a former director of the National Security Agency. He said the principal beneficiary of the war was Iran and Al Qaeda, not the United States.