“Another HISTORIC breakthrough today! Our two GREAT friends Israel and the Kingdom of Bahrain agree to a Peace Deal – the second Arab country to make peace with Israel in 30 days!”
This is extraordinary. Trump is achieving it by refusing to heed the conventional wisdom that has guided U.S. foreign policy into disaster after disaster for decades. I rated him very high in Rating America’s Presidents, and he keeps on vindicating me. But his defiance of the mainstream analysts and demonstration of their failures is one reason why they hate him with such passionate intensity.
“Bahrain agrees to normalize relations with Israel, Trump announces,” Jerusalem Post, September 11, 2020:
Bahrain has joined the United Arab Emirates in striking an agreement to normalize relations with Israel, President Donald Trump said on Friday, a dramatic move aimed at easing tensions in the Middle East.
Trump tweeted out the news after he spoke by phone to both Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the White House said.
Trump also tweeted: “Another HISTORIC breakthrough today! Our two GREAT friends Israel and the Kingdom of Bahrain agree to a Peace Deal – the second Arab country to make peace with Israel in 30 days!”
“This is a historic breakthrough to further peace in the Middle East,” the United States, Bahrain and Israel said in a joint statement.
“Opening direct dialog and ties between these two dynamic societies and advanced economies will continue the positive transformation of the Middle East and increase stability, security, and prosperity in the region,” it said.
Netanyahu says the agreement marks a “new era of peace.”…
eduardo odraude says
Even before this new agreement, Trump had been nominated twice for the Nobel Peace Prize. A member of the Swedish parliament nominated him for the Kosovo-Serbia deal, and a Norwegian official nominated him for the Israel-UAE deal. Now, of course, the left is starting to say the Nobel should be abolished!
Ole Pederson says
Well, no. The Nobel peace prize is the black sheep of Nobel prizes (there is also a fake Nobel prize which is not a Nobel prize at all: the price for economy).
The Nobel peace prize is a pretty precise indicator for the biggest crooks and most evil thugs of human history – exceptions notwithstanding – so if Trump will be awarded the world view of leftist idiots will be confirmed.
LB says
Agreed. Today all prizes in general (Oscars, Pulitzers, etc.) are usually given to leftists because it’s the leftists that hand them out. In fact, I’d argue that receiving a Nobel Prize would put a stain on Trump’s near-impeccable presidential record.
Frank Jak says
That is what a peace making presidents do. Not like that lying mongrel before him and Arafat.
Wellington says
No matter what President Trump achieves the Left and foolish never-Trumpers on the Right will still oppose and vilify him. I expect those on the Left to do this, they’re a lost cause anyway in so many ways, but never-Trumpers like Bill Kristol, George Will, John Kasich and Christine Todd Whitman actually disgust me more than Lefties do. At least Lefties, for all their faults, and they are many, aren’t traitors to their ill-thought out causes, but never-Trumpers have betrayed conservatism by their visceral, sometimes mindless, antipathy to President Trump.
Shame on them forever. They have lost all my respect. They’re useless—except perhaps as an additional reason to vote for President Trump, which I will be doing very soon.
Dano says
Bingo my friend, that is spot on.
curiuos george says
Wellington
+1
With all the noise, we tend to miss the so-called conservatives that are working with the left to undermine President Trump.
I agree, shame on them, and shame on those who support them.
James Lincoln says
Wellington, 100% spot on.
A few more who are not voting for Trump:
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Sen. Mitt Romney: listed as a Republican.
John Bolton: Trump’s former national security adviser.
Jeff Flake: The former Republican Arizona Senator.
Rick Snyder: The former Republican Michigan governor.
Colin Powell: The former secretary of state under George W. Bush and retired four-star general. Listed as a Republican.
Carly Fiorina: The 2016 Republican presidential candidate.
Miles Taylor: The former Department of Homeland Security chief of staff. Listed as a Republican.
mortimer says
The Gulf states apparently have no problem with Israel now that they have a commercial interest. They have no problem with the US embassy in Jerusalem.
They have turned their backs on the corrupt Pally leaders and their violent ways. Hopefully, other Islamic countries will get real and admit that Israel is in the Koran as the homeland of the Jews.
Rarely says
Don’t hold your breath.
It’s a military convenience. They hope Israel will do their dirty work with Iran.
gravenimage says
Probably so, Rarely.
jimjfox says
‘The enemy of my enemy is my friend’. Until he’s not.
craig says
The gulf states are worried about an increasingly belligerent Iran. They are more open to cooperation with Israel to keep them at bay. Given the fact that the Democratic party is pro Iran they know that they need allies other than the USA. A future Democratic administration will try to undo all that Trump has done, such as relocate the embassy from Jerusalem back to Tel Aviv, and take Syria’s side over the Golan heights. These deals give the gulf states an ally when the Democrats eventually get back into office.
Mauricio says
Sounds like Fantasy land
gravenimage says
Trump: ‘Another HISTORIC breakthrough today! Our two GREAT friends Israel and Bahrain agree to a Peace Deal’
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Well, this is better than a lot of things, certainly.
I hate to be so cautious, but I still think that Israel had better be careful in considering Bahrain to be a “great friend”. Recall that Bahrain is still a Shari’ah state.
James Lincoln says
gravenimage says,
“Recall that Bahrain is still a Shari’ah state.”
That is 100% true, however their application of sharia law is more moderate than in neighboring Saudi Arabia.
Spent some time in Bahrain in the mid-1990s at the Naval Support Activity Bahrain and felt “fairly” safe in the capital city of Manama.
On the weekends, Saudis would take the King Fahd Causeway into Bahrain to get liquored up – where alcohol is legal.
But I agree, best to be very cautious – things can change rapidly.
Baron Munchhausen says
You can never trust a Muslim and still make deals with them for your own self-interest. I hope that’s the spirit in which Isreal is doing this (not sure about Trump).
Agent Orange says
Self-interest can NEVER justify making deals with terrorists — doing so is a SLAP IN THE FACE for EVERY SINGLE ONE of their victims!
gravenimage says
Agreed, James.
Rbla says
Unlike his predecessors Trump has not pandered and apologized to the ‘religion of peace”; he has been an Islamo-realist. Bin Laden said that Muslims will respect and defer to the “strong horse”. That is what Trump has shown himself to be.
Clifford Fodor says
Included in the deal is a squadron of F-35s.
gravenimage says
Yes–concerning.
Mount Zion says
“Another historic breakthrough…..unbelievable ……the second arab state to make peace with Israel within 30 days… “It sounds almost too good to be true , it reminds me of the New Testament(don’t ask me where) when it says something like …and when everyone will shout “Peace , peace..” then disaster will struck .That is not to say that I don’t appreciate Trumps efforts , not at all , I like the guy may God bless him and his whole family , it’s just that I don’t trust Arabs or muslims in general .OOPS , did I really just say that ?☺️??
agentorange153 says
This is one of the few times when President Trump is WRONG — Bahrain is NOT our friend and NEVER WILL BE, and neither is ANY Islamic nation!
Mount Zion says
Maybe Trump is very well aware of that , maybe he just wants Bahrain to think that he thinks ….
Wellington says
Seconded, Mount Zion. I’m pretty damn sure Trump knows that nations don’t have friends, they have interests. Trump may occasionally refer to another nation as our friend but he doesn’t mean it—it’s just for form’s sake.
No Muzzies Here says
This is a great achievement. Trump deserves recognition for bringing this about. The media and the Democrats would prefer thermonuclear war in the Middle East than ever recognize Trump.