A FLARE OVER THE REPUBLIC: THE STRATEGIC AND CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS AT DAY 60

Similarly, the “improvisation dressed up as strategy” regarding NATO has left London, Paris, and Berlin in a state of shock. “You cannot run a coalition by surprise in a couple of tweets,” Clinton said, noting that allies are sovereign democracies with their own parliaments and voters to answer to.

Three Forks in the Road

President Clinton concluded by laying out the three potential paths the country now faces:

1. The Strategic Fork: Iran, feeling the pressure, may accelerate its nuclear program. Professor Robert Pape warns that Iran is now working with its allies (Russia and Pakistan) better than the U.S. is working with its own.

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