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Where the oil is. Predictions are a tricky thing, but here’s one: Within a few years, America will gain nothing, and Washington will come to regret what turned into a messy, prolonged excursion in Syria. Pundits will wonder how it happened though it will have seemed preordained, just another unavoidable foreign policy disaster in an intractable region. And this is the optimistic scenario. The National InterestThe U.S. Military: Proud Owners of One-Third of Syria Danny Sjursen, fellow at...

He got that right. Monumental strategic blunder, although I would argue that escalating in Vietnam was probably a worse blunder.The HillTrump hits Bush: Invading Iraq 'the single worst decision ever made'Max Greenwood