When it comes to the Middle East, this is always a very difficult issue for any American president.
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The situation of any leader in the Middle East is not easy.
The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries.
The deep problems that afflict the Middle East are not easy to fix, but they must be dealt with if we are not to see a son of ISIS, or even a grandson of ISIS, developing in the years to come.
The problem of the Middle East is poverty more than politics.
America's relations with complex Middle Eastern states such as Egypt are often difficult.
Most Americans approach the problems of the Middle East with a pro-Israeli bias - and rightly so.
Everyone in the Middle East pretty much wants to come and be an American citizen, but pretty much everybody is angry with the U. S. foreign policy.
There's a good lesson for policymakers: It's not the presence of the U.S. that is a problem for many people in the Arab region; it's the type of presence we bring.
Several experts on the Middle East concur that the Middle East cannot be democratized.
No matter what's happening in the Middle East - the Arab Spring, et cetera, the economic challenges, high rates of unemployment - the emotional, critical issue is always the Israeli-Palestinian one.
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