“Trump’s current foreign policy approach is not only self-defeating, but also forgoes a golden opportunity to shape a coherent strategy that would allow him to usher in a political solution to the Syrian war, destroy ISIS and repair U.S. ties with the Kremlin. Improved U.S-Russia relations will also open the door to Moscow serving as an interlocutor facilitating mutually beneficial U.S.-Iran engagement.”
“Trump Cannot Afford To Shut Out Iran If He Wants To Defeat ISIS,” Seyed Hossein Mousavian, The Huffington Post, January 31, 2017.