Bacevich
These five dogmas are false, he says.
I never believed any of them.
* The presence of U.S. forces in the Islamic world contributes to regional stability and enhances American influence.
* The Persian Gulf constitutes a vital U.S. national security interest.
* Egypt and Saudi Arabia are valued and valuable American allies.
* The interests of the United States and Israel align.
* Terrorism poses an existential threat that the United States must defeat.
I think I have disbelieved all interventionist claims about US vital interests since Vietnam, or anyway since Cap Weinberger explained at the Oxford Union that the US has vital interests at stake everywhere in the world, without exception.
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