“VERY SAD!!!
I’ve read a lot of books, more than anyone, and this book is a DISGRACE. Wolff is a loser, a total loser and everyone knows it. You know it, I know it, everyone knows it. This book is not for smart people. It’s for very dumb people—ok very dumb people like, not the kind of book I would read because I’m one of the SMARTEST PEOPLE. Ask anyone, anywhere in the world—it’s true! If you like to read words, and I like to read words—I read a lot of words, every day…”
That’s not a good decision. How does it help anybody?
It strengthens the political position of an absolute loon like Bibi Netanyahu. It gives the American Evangelical base a nice “Apocalypse is near” buzz.
But it doesn’t make the US a more honest broker in the situation. It doesn’t put pressure on the Israeli government to stop their terrible policies towards the Palestinians. It doesn’t put pressure on the Palestinian Authority to do what it can to make life better for its citizens.
I mean that’s a terrible example of a good decision, but I thought you may have been referring to the taking away Pakistan aid thing (not really aid, but payment for US bases in Pakistani territory).
The status quo wasn’t good but I don’t think having the United States shrug and decide to recognize Jerusalem as the capital when there are no public negotiations underway is a good idea.
I’ve always believed that Jerusalem was either destined to be a UN heritage site that belonged to everybody (and nobody) or would be a shared capital with a web of agreements hammered out by the Israeli and Palestinian government. By intervening the way he did, Trump effectively gave Netanyahu’s government the freedom to ignore any Palestinian desire to have a capital in Jerusalem.