Hate to post it from msn,but it is the only mainstream source to even carry the story. The answer is yes we have. We are not losing influence,it is gone.Is the US Finally Losing Influence in the Middle East?
Fifty years ago, in the wake of the October War of 1973, the United States emerged as the principal outside actor in the Middle East and the Persian Gulf. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger conducted the peace talks between Israel and Egypt as well as between Israel and Syria, and made sure...www.counterpunch.org