The United States observed the 83rd anniversary of the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor on Saturday in an unstable world — one in which enemy regimes are falling, but new challenges continue to arise.
Though the world has changed many times over since that fateful day in 1941, the fact is that surprises — good and bad — continue to happen.
Even before the day had ended on Saturday, the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad, backed by Iran, appeared to have been destroyed, with Syrian rebels advancing on the capital city of Damascus. Few expected that even a few weeks ago.
However, the fact that the rebel include sworn enemies of the United States — such as the Al Qaeda terrorist group, and
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