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Trump's Middle East success proves critics had no clue
[NYPOST] The Team Trump-brokered peace deals that Israel, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates will sign Tuesday won’t end the Middle East’s problems, but they’re big steps in that direction — exactly the opposite of what the left predicted about President Trump’s approach.On Friday, Trump announced that Bahrain agreed to normalize ties with Israel, just a month after the United Arab Emirates did likewise. Kudos to those nations — and to the president. Even the bitterly anti-Trump New York Times  ...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... admits this "leaves open the possibility" more Arab states will make peace. Fact is, the Trump strategy broke through stale assumptions on the Paleostinian-Israeli front, moving past Paleostinian refusals to make peace and threats of violence. Trump acknowledged Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, moved the US embassy there and recognized the Jewish state’s claim to the Golan. He also cut aid to Paleostinian Authority, which had turned hostile to Washington and refused to stop spending big on payments to snuffies and their survivors. Democrats and foreign-policy hands blasted Trump for all that, assuring everyone it would trigger disaster. Speaker Nancy San Fran NanPelosi Congresswoman-for-Life from the San Francisco Bay Area, born into a family of professional politicians. On-again-off-again Speaker of the House. It's not her fault when they lose, but it's her accomplishment when they win. Noted for her heavily botoxed grimace and occasional senior... uhhh... moments... insisted the embassy move would "spark mass protests, fuel tensions and make it more difficult to reach a durable peace." Nine of 11 former US ambassadors to Israel called it "dangerous" or "deeply flawed," the Times reported. (Oops.) Joe Foreign Policy Whiz KidBiden  ...Candidate for president in 2020. We hold these truths to be self-evident. All men and women created ... by the — you know — you know, the thing... still calls it a mistake (though one he wouldn’t undo). He also warned that Israel’s Trump-blessed plan to annex parts of the West Bank "would choke off any hope for peace." Ha! It turned out to be a key bargaining chip that Israel gave up for its UAE deal. Some experts even think Paleostinians may now finally see the need to get on board. Trump’s other Mideast moves, like taking out Iranian terror chief Gen. Qassem Soleimani , have drawn similarly dire warnings. Yet events keep proving that the critics have no idea what they’re talking about. Posted by: Fred 2020-09-16 |
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