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You don't need ValJar when you have McMaster
2017-09-13
[PJMedia] During the week of August 27, an Israeli delegation met with members of the National Security Council (NSC) at the White House to discuss the current threat to Israel by the terror group Hezbollah.

Israel believes this threat is currently dire. This meeting preceded a two-week long Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) exercise to rehearse for possible war with Hezbollah. The Jerusalem Post described this exercise, which commenced on September 4 and is ongoing, as the IDF’s largest in 20 years.

Hezbollah has been a U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization since 1997. However, National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster reportedly brought NSC Senior Director on Counter-Terrorism Mustafa Javed Ali to the White House meeting with Israel. Ali, a McMaster appointee, is described by a senior administration source as being "opposed to Hezbollah’s designation as a terrorist organization."

What then transpired at the meeting has been confirmed to PJ Media by several administration sources, by members of non-governmental organizations involved in national security, and by a source within the Israeli government.

The Israeli delegation demanded that Mustafa Javed Ali leave the room.
So, nothing has changed despite the fact that Obama is gone - Iran still has its agents of influence.
Posted by:g(r)omgoru

#6  Silly Trump!
He thought the Pubs would give him supporting cabinet candidates.
Posted by: Skidmark   2017-09-13 15:49  

#5  Another question is how this political posture will affect America's credibility vis-a-vis other international players.

What conclusions will Russian, Chinese and North Korean psychological profilers of the US draw?

Is this likely to strengthen the credibility of the Trump administration's threats against North Korea?

Is this likely to strengthen American deterrence?

What are these expert designers of consensus Western foreign policy really thinking?

Do the want to make the world safe for nuclear war?

Nuts!
Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660   2017-09-13 15:41  

#4  To the extent that they have souls.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2017-09-13 13:20  

#3  Why doesn't this dog bark?

Because American Left's hatred of Russia is tactical. Their hatred of Israel is the very foundation (especially the kikes among them) of their souls.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2017-09-13 13:04  

#2  It is the American left who should be seizing on this.

If this report is true, the Trump administration is siding with the Russia/Iran/Qatar/MB axis against ally Israel.

This would actually corroborate the narrative of collusion with Russia.

Why doesn't this dog bark?
Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660   2017-09-13 12:39  

#1  Censored! McMaster Barred Scholar Ayaan Hirsi Ali from Giving Talk on Radical Islam at NSC

And it does not end there.
Posted by: Besoeker   2017-09-13 08:57  

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