The Guardian interprets Hillary Clinton's Middle East tour as evidence of the new American Abministration's multi-facted approach to the problems in the Middle East. The Obama Administration's expressed commitment to both the security of Israel and the establsihment of a viable Palestinian state seems designed to strike a delicate balance, while contacts with Syria, encouraged by Saudi Arabia, are evidence of US determination to roll back Iran's influence in the region, an influence greatly enhanced by former President Bush's invasion of Iraq and general lack of understanding of the complexities of Middle Eastern politics.
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