Subject: Editors' Picks: Obama's Goldilocks problem at the Pentagon; and U.S. policy against ISIS needs to be fixed
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Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 17:28:58 -0500 (EST)

FOREIGN POLICY'S TOP 5 READS
Wednesday, November 26

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#1 
RETHINKING SYRIA: The U.S. policy to defeat the Islamic State is doomed to failure. Here’s how to fix it: <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c720y92.4ird/VHYv28Po-rO80rjUA0022 target='_blank' style='font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#ea1414;text-decoration:none;font-size:15px;line-height:21px;'>Read more</a>:
<http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c720y92.4ird/VHYv28Po-rO80rjPA7e57>

#2
BLAME AMERICA: Washington has a lot to answer for when it comes to the disappearance of 43 students. FP contributor John M. Ackerman on Obama’s support for Mexico’s corrupt president: <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c720y92.4ird/VHYv28Po-rO80rjVAde67 target='_blank' style='font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#ea1414;text-decoration:none;font-size:15px;line-height:21px;'>Read more</a>:
<http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c720y92.4ird/VHYv28Po-rO80rjQAb2cc>

#3
GLOBAL THANKSGIVING: It’s not just Americans who should be thankful this weekend. FP’s Stephen Walt writes on what has Angela Merkel, Ayatollah Khamenei, and Xi Jinping smiling: <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c720y92.4ird/VHYv28Po-rO80rjWA257f target='_blank' style='font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#ea1414;text-decoration:none;font-size:15px;line-height:21px;'>Read more</a>: 
<http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c720y92.4ird/VHYv28Po-rO80rjRA1125>

#4
GOLDILOCKS AT THE PENTAGON: Robert Gates? Too strong. Leon Panetta? Not serious enough. Chuck Hagel? Too weak. When it comes to the Pentagon there’s just no pleasing the White House: <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c720y92.4ird/VHYv28Po-rO80rjXAe6ce target='_blank' style='font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#ea1414;text-decoration:none;font-size:15px;line-height:21px;'>Read more</a>:
<http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c720y92.4ird/VHYv28Po-rO80rjSA8149>

#5
DO WHAT I SAY, NOT WHAT I DO: With tensions high in Ferguson, people might see the irony in the many U.S. programs aimed at making other countries' police less violent: <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c720y92.4ird/VHYv28Po-rO80rjYA19dc target='_blank' style='font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#ea1414;text-decoration:none;font-size:15px;line-height:21px;'>Read more</a>:
<http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c720y92.4ird/VHYv28Po-rO80rjTAcd08>

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