US Politics in Trump era
Publisher: Asia Times
Author: Harry J Kazianis
14 Apr 2017
I thought I was out: Middle East drawing US from Asia pivot
Sources in Washington recognize the desirability of continuing President Obama's "pivot" eastwards. But engagements in the Middle East threaten to complicate matters. There is only one nation that wins the more we bomb Syria – and it is clearly not the Syrian opposition or the innocent people who are dying there. And that is China,” explained a senior State Department official.”