1) Military Security problem - True
2) Why? "because the Americans were seen as biased in support of Israel [by the Arabs] - True
3) Result? "...moderates - all the moderate Arabs who want to be with us... can’t come out publicly in support of people who don’t show respect for the Arab Palestinians,” - True
This was an assessment of the situation he faced as CentCom commander, not a State Department policy paper. If you were to make a similar assessment of your situation as a police chief describing "community relations" on Chicago's South Side, you would come to similar conclusiions. You would also immediately be labeled "RACIST" by half of the Press & politicians and "N***** - Lover" by the other half.
Freepers, "Don't Shoot the Messenger".
It is true and a lot of people in the military know it.
“all the moderate Arabs who want to be with us, because they can’t come out publicly in support”
I love friends who only support me in private, and reserve the right to oppose me in public./s
And maybe Mattis needed a little backbone to stand up for OUR friends, the good guys, the Israelis. Even a cursory look at the Arab Israeli conflict shows that there is not agreement, land handed over, NOTHING that will stop the Arab aggression.
The Israelis handed over Gaza as a modern turnkey city with infrastructure intact. All Jews were forcibly removed. There were giant greenhouses. There were utilities and water supplies. There was a beautiful beach.
What did the Palestinians do? Trash it all and start launching an -endless- barrage of rockets.
No, Mattis was not an honest assessor, he was an idiot to pretend that we would gain a single friend, or have a single day of peace if a two state solution was reached.
3) Result? "...moderates - all the moderate Arabs who want to be with us... can’t come out publicly in support of people who don’t show respect for the Arab Palestinians,” - True
So what else is new? If the (Arab) world lasts another thousand years, they will interminably be blaming the tiny Jewish state in their midst for their problems.
Are you joking? The Palestinians NEVER had it so good as when they were governed by the Israelis. Their "Arab brethren" Jordan did NOTHING for them when they ruled the area. Heard it from the horse's mouth. I lived there (Nope - not Jewish).
"show respect for the Arab Palestinians"? Translate: Destroy the hated Jewish State, beginning with the wholly unworkable "two-state solution", then, when the enemy can bring their missiles to within miles of anywhere in Israel, the war to the death will begin. Many will die.
As for "all the moderate Arabs"? Sisi - yes. Not many others. Lived there. Done that.