The Mideast Mess | National Catholic Reporter by MSW. MGB: The resignation of the Yemeni government over peace talks actually clears the air. We now know why AQAP has been given free reign in their wastelands. Hopefully they can resolve this, but a stubborn AQAP political class invites increased bombinb, not by drones but by B-52s. Call it the Nixonian strategy for peace - and yes, it did work.
My sympathies to the Saudi Royals, who quickly had a crown prince ready and able to carry on the regime. They are firmly in the grip of the Wahabi faith and as long as that happens, the floggings, beheadings and support for ISIL and al Queda will continue. I have no objection to the bombings in ISIL territory, but another place for some Nixonian diplomacy is with the House of Saud. One bombing run should do it - and that is the one that is designed not to kill anyone. While Saudi is our friend, sometimes with friends like this, who needs enemies? I think when they can sell us oil, friendship abounds - not so much in how they sponsor their version of Islam.
As to the Cheneys, the Bushes are as friendly to the Saud family as they are. Maybe more so.
Netanyahu is another of our friends who say they like our ideology unless it is inconvenient for him, which seems to alwys be the case with the Palestinian question. Iran, however, is a red herring. Any nuclear attack on Israel will kill as many Muslims as Jews (and some of those Muslims are actually ethnically Samaritan) - and that is before you count nearby nations and the fact that Iran is downwind of Israel. Any nuclear action would be the ultimate suicde bombing and the new President is not that stupid, nor are the Iranian nuclear scientists. Bibi has to know this, so all of these comments are for public consumption. The speech will have not impact - as only really intense partisans will watch it on C-SPAN. What is a lingering question is the choice between aparthied and something worse - and in Gaza worse seems to be the answer. As for Boehner, no one will remember his part in this.
To be President, one must be an optimist (and a little bit ignorant of how much time you will spend on the Middle East - and you certainly cannot campaign on a reasonable position). There are solutions, such as a larger Pan Arab state under the Hashemite Dynasty - under a constitional monarchy. Israel is solvable too if you realize that there was no large migration into it by the Palestinians - they were Samaritan Christians before the Muslim Conquest. Realizing that fact ends the question of ethnicity - since the Samaritans are of the same ethnicity as the Jews - probably more so because they did not mix with Europeans. The real problem is religion. If Israel was really true to its claim of being a western style democracy, that should not be a problem, save for their American enablers in the Evangelical community.
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