Obama remained abstract on Egypt, Syria, maintained the status quo with Iran's regime and committed to a disengagement from the battlefield with the Taliban while admitting that al Qaeda has grown stronger in the world
Obama abstract on the Middle East, admits Jihadi expansion, ignores Taliban after 2014
In his State of the Union speech of 2013, President Barack Obama addressed several crises in the Middle East and on the front of fighting terror. On Afghanistan President Obama assessed the outcome of his policies as a weakening of the Taliban and committed to a sustained withdrawal from the country while helping the Afghan Government to take the lead in military missions. The role of the US after withdrawal in 2014, according to Obama will be to assist the fight against al Qaeda.
