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But this measure is a Byzantine quagmire of foggy muddle.

Barack Obama’s reputation suffered when he refused to back up his own “red line” against Syrian use of chemical weapons in 2013, but he ultimately reasoned his promise to avoid another Middle East quagmire mattered more than his own temporary loss of prestige.

After almost a year of war Gaza has become a quagmire.

Similarly, many policy analysts predict that any mass deportation plan attempted by a second Trump administration would be shambolic and likely stuck in a legal and logistical quagmire.

Democrats, having spent three weeks in a quagmire of deep-summer bickering about whether Joe Biden should step aside, are now experiencing a cool breeze of optimism.