Benefits Of Stepping Back From The Middle East

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When we speak about policies in the middle east there are many options to choose from. But, all of these options have positive and negative effects. Overall I think the best option for the United States would be to step back from the Middle East. Stepping back has a handful of positive effects on The United States and its citizens. A few of those things would be not having to worry about controlling another country. We could use the money spent over there to fund research on other natural resources. Stepping back from the Middle East could bring some of our troops home. This could be both positive and negative depending on how you look at it. I'd like to take this topic a little further into detail with my following reasons. The United States

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