Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, Russia's Vladimir Putin and Turkey's Tayyip Erdogan meet in Sochi, Russia November 22, 2017. (photo credit: SPUTNIK/MIKHAIL METZEL/KREMLIN VIA REUTERS) The Three Amigos
Posted on 03/22/2019 7:10:01 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
On the day Kurds celebrated Nowruz (the Persian new year) and Jews celebrated Purim (the defeat of the Persian who wanted to exterminate them), President Trump recognized Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, and the Islamic State was defeated.
These milestones in the history of the modern Middle East are a testament to victorious foreign and military policies of America and Israel. The military outcome was presaged last year when Trump altered the rules of engagement, and the political outcome was presaged last week, when the State Department supplanted the official depiction of the Golan from Israeli-"occupied" to Israeli-"controlled" territory.
Although naysayers claim that the Islamic State went underground and the Golan remains occupied, these historic events illustrate the deep genetic and political bonds between Kurds and Jews, for, just as Israel is viewed as America's "canary in the coal mine," Kurdistan plays that role for Israel.
Meanwhile, some Democrats continue to self-marginalize, as dramatized by the AIPAC boycott by their presidential candidates. One, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, who has met Syrian president Bashar Assad, has declined to say whether Assad is a war criminal while mounting a factually inaccurate defense of the Butcher of Damascus.
Predictably, Gabbard slammed this recognition of political reality, tweeting, "Another example of Trump and Netanyahu putting their own political interests ahead of the interests of our respective countries. Will escalate tensions and likelihood of war between Israel/US/Syria/Iran/Russia. Shortsighted."
To the contrary, the combination of defeating the caliphate (reversing Obama's defeatism) and empowering an American ally to defend herself (recalling that Syria had repeatedly attacked Israel from the Golan Heights) has transcended personal motivations, for promoting American ideals globally remains the major human rights initiative guiding Trump,
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Well done, Mr. President!
Is Kurdistan the ‘safe zone’ Trump campaigned about?
I rather think so. Hope so anyway.
That would be awesome...the Turks will explode in rage.
Puts an end to the silly idea of “The end of history” That lands could not change ownership after WW II. All problems solved by the UN. No more conquest! Didn’t work. North Viet nam captured South Vietnam, China took Tibet, Russia took a piece of Georgia and Criema. History hasn’t ended. Israel just got bigger—thats all.
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, who has met Syrian president Bashar Assad, has declined to say whether Assad is a war criminal while mounting a factually inaccurate defense of the Butcher of Damascus... Gabbard slammed this recognition of political reality, tweeting, "Another example of Trump and Netanyahu putting their own political interests ahead of the interests of our respective countries. Will escalate tensions and likelihood of war between Israel/US/Syria/Iran/Russia. Shortsighted."
IOW, she's colluding with Russia, Iran, and Syria. Thanks SeekAndFind.
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, Russia's Vladimir Putin and Turkey's Tayyip Erdogan meet in Sochi, Russia November 22, 2017. (photo credit: SPUTNIK/MIKHAIL METZEL/KREMLIN VIA REUTERS) The Three Amigos
The Turk are no longer our friend or a friend of the West Erodan want to be the new emperor of the middle east.
Make that “Erdogan” sorry for the miss.
and the UN needs to follow the League of Nations into obscurity. Worthless!!!!!!!!!!
Oh, yeah. Syria’s raring for another try, and has no thoughts whatever over how it lost the Golan in the first place. Leading Syria on about a possible repatriation of the Golan escalates tension. Shortsighted.
“Will escalate tensions and likelihood of war between Israel/US/Syria/Iran/Russia”
I thought Trump was colluding with Russia!
As you know, the first time Israel took the Golan, there were no direct talks, but the intermediaries assured Israel that they had an understanding, that the Syrians would reciprocate something if they got the Golan back. Instead, they got it back and spent the next ten years shelling northern Israel. That ended in 1967.
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