Not surprisingly, US policies in West Asia were often influenced by the vagaries of its own domestic politics – the swing of the political pendulum between Democrats and Republicans, and the linked electoral considerations that all-too-frequently decided power and influence at home. These political swings and the consequent decisions that flowed from the White House, of course, had behind them the role of lobbies and special interest groups – particularly those driven by ideological and even faith-based beliefs dearly held, that made themselves felt most obviously through the media. But more
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