 the coming crash of american diplomacy in the middle east the obama administration is currently involved in three diplomatic initiatives in the middle east iran s nuclear weapons program syria s ongoing struggles and the israelipalestinian conflict none is going very well can diplomatic efforts be effective in this part of the world what does this mean to our american allies in the region what happens if they all collapse john bolton offers some insight  wwwlatimescom opinion commentary laoeboltonobamamideastfailure2014021801568248story axzz2tmrkyqzo  the coming crash american diplomacy the middle east  