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Of all the evaluations of Trump policies that I have seen, this is the one I find most objective and fact-based. It stands between the uncritical praise of Trump supporters like Promethean PAC and the uncritical condemnation coming from Trump adversaries. Alastair does not think much will come of Trump’s “Board of Peace” for Palestine, and he gives sound reasons for that. But nothing is certain in this complex and messy situation.
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Tony Blair and Alastair Crooke together. On the board of peace.
Which contrtibuted the £1 billion?
A worrying point: the US and Israel are aware they cannot destroy Iran without nuclear weapons. So it seems to me they are trying to find a way to limit Irans inevitable conventional response to their use of nuclear weapons primarily, and secondarly find a way to justify their use to the world. It’s a difficult problem for them, frankly, unlikely to work on either count, but when millions of people die under mushroom clouds in Iran, the shock of it may freeze the worlds response anyway.. And then the real war begins..
Peace, peace, but there is no peace. Sounds Biblical.