HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031716.txt

The author argues that the US needs to reassess its foreign policy in the Middle East and make a radical shift in outreach towards the Arab world. They suggest forging alliances with new generation of leaders who aim to improve the daily lives of their people, as a means to stem poverty and despair that fosters radical Islamic terrorism. The author believes that the US should take decisive diplomatic steps while battles rage on, acknowledging the reluctance of America and its Western allies to launch a military offensive.