Notes from Aspen Strategy Group
US Policy on Arab Revolutions
TJP summary: Plenty of different opinions on what was done right and wrong. No consensus.
Indyk: syria will spill into Bahrain and KSA (Saudi). We should have moved earlier. KSA is a BFD.
Feaver (ex Bush): BO's obsession w anti Bush (especially wrt Iraq) has unnecessarily limited Administrations ability to engage in Iraq which -as we see now w Syria - is just dumb.
Dannzinger (ex Obama Admin): obama has done a remarkable job and the only way he could have done better is if I had held a senior post in the Administration.
Source: House Oversight Committee release, November 2025