Can you explain U.S. policy and strategic objectives in the Middle East during the last 25 years? How has the U.S. supported allies and opposed regional threats?

Major General Hood explores the enormous U.S. policy shifts in the last 16 years and how it has confused and confounded allies, encouraged chaos in wide swaths of the region, prevented us from seeing the growth of stable, prosperous societies in much of the Middle East, and perhaps, aided the growth of radical Islamic extremist movements. What might help us achieve our strategic aims in the future?