Rabbi Pesach Wolecki
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It's not even close.
But that doesn't mean that he isn't making a grave error right now with this Turkish Qatari situation.
You know, the contrast between this and
Trump's first term is so stark, where in the first term, it was real peace through strength.
And here, you know, peace through strength meant that the way that you encourage bad actors to behave is with the credible threat of their removal.
And this kind of appeasement type thing where, you know, if we take this jihadist Ashara who's aligned with the Turks who are Muslim Brotherhood, and we just kind of talk to them and give them the right incentives and try to give them a bear hug and bring them into the family of nations, they'll behave themselves.
It just doesn't work.
That's
That's the type of thinking that led to the Iran deal from the Obama administration.
This is a major error, and the Qataris and the Turks are a regional threat, and that's why the other Arab nations that the Trump administration wants a good relationship with wants nothing to do with them.
They've already said, the Saudis and the Emiratis said they will not be part of any project in Gaza that involves the Turks and the Qataris.
The Greeks just bought $3.5 billion worth
of air defenses from Israel, and they openly said that it was because of the threat of Turkey on their border that they see as increasingly hostile.
And yet the Trump administration is acting as though these are regional partners who are peaceful and who could
and who could work towards a peaceful resolution with Israel.
It's not true.
This is a very dangerous moment.
And again, this is not just about Israel.
What Israel is going to do, I hope that Israel stands firm and that we end the aid once and for all.
I mentioned the $3.5 billion that the Greeks are just paying the Israelis this week for these air defenses.