What would happen if the U.S. left the Middle East?

Flipped World Podcast

The U.S. is always in the Middle East, but the details on why are fuzzy. Oil? Dictators? Or does it have something to do with a particular kind of body of water? And what would happen if the U.S. just disappeared from the region one day? We talk to Karen Gibson, former deputy director of U.S. national intelligence.

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