What the next American president needs to understand about the Middle East

A change in America’s Iran policy is the key to promoting American national security interests.

BUILDING BLOCKS of the next US policy in the Middle East? LEGO statues on park benches in the South Lawn of the White House in Washington DC.

BUILDING BLOCKS of the next US policy in the Middle East? LEGO statues on park benches in the South Lawn of the White House in Washington DC.

(photo credit: REUTERS)

By ERIC R. MANDEL

OCTOBER 5, 2016 22:00

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