Barbara A. Leaf: “The United States has a unique opportunity to stand with the people of Iraq against Iran.”

It will not be done by military means alone.

I agree with the objective that Hamas never again control the Gaza Strip or threaten Israel.

You cannot do it all by military means alone. There will have to be a political alternative.

The Biden administration has declined to unilaterally recognize a Palestinian state and has stated that a Palestinian state should be established through, quote, 'direct negotiations between the parties involved in the conflict.'