Once again Israel does the impossible. They targeted the top Hamas leadership in Qatar. It's still not exactly clear who they got (killed) but they definitely eliminated some of the worst people on earth.
President Trump made the following statement:
We know how Trump operates or at least by now we should know. He might say one thing publicly but think the opposite in private.
Obviously Trump, if not outright approved Israel's attack, he certainly didn't veto it.
His claim that Qatar is a close US ally is actually Trump walking a tight rope.
For all the wrong reasons, he's stuck with one of the largest US military bases outside of the US in Qatar. He bloody well knows exactly what we know (and more) about exactly who is Qatar. But he has a huge military base there which contains approx 10,000 American soldiers. The base itself is worth billions of US dollars. So it costs him little to say a few words to appease Qatar even if they undermine his real and very close ally Israel.
Don't get me wrong, I DO NOT approve of his message. I would much prefer if he publicly condemned Qatar for it's terror supporting activities (mostly financing them), for housing Hamas leaders and other radical Islamic leaders like Bin Laden before them, for spending billions of dollars right here in the US to indoctrinate Americans (especially the youth) to hate Jews and Israel and on and on. Not too long ago he publicly stated that Qatar is our enemy. I'm not exactly sure why he changed his tune now but I can guess that he is really trying to make a 'deal' to free the hostages and end the war in Gaza and he thinks befriending Qatar is his best chance in doing so. But as I already stated, he knows that Qatar is our enemy.
Of course like any of us living room quarterbacks, we are not privy to any of the very important information that the president of the US is. So there can be and probably are, a myriad of other reasons for his tactics.
His actions are much more important that his words (this applies to all of us).
But words are also important. His comments decreeing Qatar as a close US ally, send the absolute wrong message to billions of people who of course listen to him accross the world but most importantly in the US. It's a dangerous move for sure.
I'm a big proponent of telling the truth. I'm not naive and I certainly understand that there are times when telling the truth to the public or certain people is not only inappropriate but can be dangerous. But most of the time, the truth will set you free. Telling the world that Qatar is a close ally of the US and that the Israeli attack did not advance peace or implying that it was wrong to attack Qatar because it's a sovereign nation are all absolute lies.
Last night I had the pleasure to see my hero, Douglas Murray. He is a brilliant, righteous gentile historian, reporter and political analyst who is one of the best spoken friends to Jews and Israel. When asked what made him move in this direction his answer was that he abhors being lied to. We all know that no other country / people in the world has been and continues to be accused of some of the most heinous lies ever told. Despite the population in Gaza increasing over time, Israel is accused of genocide. Gazans are starving to death but in reality the only people starving are the hostages. The MSM, various governments and far too many individuals are buying it. Like Douglas, I find the lies and the antisemitic behaviour almost as repulsive as what happened on Oct 7.
How I wish that instead of taking their half a billion dollar plane as a gift or worse, appointing Witkoff as his Middle East envoy in order to appease Qatar (Witkoff has partnered with Qatar on multi-million dollar real estate deals) he should have moved all US equipment and personnel out of Qatar (most of the cost of that military base was covered by Qatar anyways), officially declared Qatar as an enemy to the US and a danger to the world, thanked Israel for their attacks on Hamas leadership in Qatar and pointed to Qatar as the # 1 funder of terrorism in the world today (Iran is a close second). Even a child could see that something is very wrong when Qatar is designated as the peace maker between Hamas and Israel yet it provides a very safe haven for the leaders of Hamas. As Mark Levin pointed out, when the US captured Bin Laden in Pakistan, no one accused the US of attacking a 'sovereign nation'.
I'm a huge fan of Trump (said in the fashion that he would). I want him to continue to succeed. He's been incredible so far. But he's always been accused of being a poor communicator. I would say that he's certainly not the best but far from the worst. His messages are often confusing. Even here he agrees that taking out Hamas is a 'worthy goal' yet he declares that this operation does not advance peace.
In previous posts I coined the term '2 facism' whereby a political leader pretends to be your friend but in fact is your enemy. I said that former president Obama was such a person and I made the point that leaders who suffer from this disease are far more dangerous than others who claim outright that they are your enemy. You can read that post here.
The last thing I want to do is to accuse President Trump of this. Instead of getting tangled up in a web of lies, stick to the truth. The truth eventually comes out in the end anyways. If he wants people like me to defend him (in this case), he's not making it easy.
BRING THEM HOME!
