A refreshing, and MUCH different view of Israel, Trump, Flynn, Russia, Crimea, and, of course, Iran and Syria.
Differs from BOTH left and right accepted norms in this country.
Caroline's bio - understand her credentials and background to better understand her point of view.
http://www.jpost.com/Author/Caroline-B-Glick
http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Column-one-The-Trump-way-of-war-480439
Column one: The Trump way of war
By Caroline B. Glick 02 February 2017 22:15
Unlike his predecessors, Trump is serious about winning. To do so, he is even willing to take the radical step of accepting Israel as an ally.
The PLO is disoriented, panicked and hysterical. Speaking to Newsweek this week, Saeb Erekat, PLO chief Mahmoud Abbas's chief conduit to Israel and the Americans, complained that since President Donald Trump was sworn into office, no administration official had spoken to them.
"I don't know any of them [Trump's advisers]. We have sent them letters, written messages. They don't even bother to respond to us."
The Trump administration's shunning of the PLO is a marked departure from the policies of its predecessor. For former president Barack Obama, together with Iran, the Palestinians were viewed as the key players in the Middle East. Abbas was the first foreign leader Obama called after taking office.
Erekat's statement reveals something that is generally obscured. Despite its deep support in Europe, the UN and the international Left, without US support, the PLO is irrelevant.
All the achievements the PLO racked up under Obama - topped off with the former president's facilitation of UN Security Council Resolution 2334 against Israel - are suddenly irrelevant. Their impact dissipated the minute Trump took office.
Israel, in contrast, is more relevant than ever.
Just the intro - her article has a WHOLE lot more - well written and presented.
Note that her viewpoint stands in STARK contrast to those of conservative Patrick Buchanan (recently) on many of these same issues.
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good ...
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