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Pressure from America and its allies can prevent a return to fighting
Gulf states could join the conflict
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America sets too little store by foreigners’ beliefs and values. It’s a costly mistake, each time
A strategy that scorns Europe, bullies Latin America and is vague on Asia
The longer the war in the Gulf, the harsher the global economic fallout
