What If Everything You Were Told About America’s “Closest Ally” Is Wrong?
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Everyone knows our closest ally is Israel, and we have all kinds of military and economic ties to Israel. But the main way you know Israel is our closest ally ally is that really up until just the other day, there was not a scenario you could conjure in your head in which the United States would take the side of any other country over Israel. It just couldn't happen. So Israel's our chief ally. Hasn't always been this way. Of course, Israel didn't exist until right after the Second World War. So it's all pretty new and it's accelerated with every decade. We've become closer and closer to Israel. Our commitment, not our legal commitment or publicly discussed commitment, but our in effect commitment, our on the ground commitment to Israel has become stronger every year.
But there's no reason that should stay the way it is forever. What if we decided to change it up? What if we decided to get a new closest ally in the world? How about Qatar? What if Qatar was our closest ally? Float that one at the next dinner party you go to. People will respond strongly, especially if they're Fox News viewers.
What? Are you an Islamist? Qatar? The bloodthirsty Islamo-fascist state? What, are you getting paid by the Qatar lobby? AQUAC?
Of course, there is no actual AQUAC, but if there was a Qatar lobby, it should be called AQUAC. And then you would be forced to explain why Qatar should be our closest ally. And of course, people would look at you like you were insane, in fact, dangerous and probably anti-American. But let's just take Qatar out of it for a second. How do you think about, if you're the United States, who ought to be your closest ally? Who gets that job? Who do you take to the prom? And it depends on how you think about it. If you think about it through the lens of American interest, which is to say what's good for us, then it's a very different picture. What's good for us? Well, you would want a country that had, I don't know, natural resources that you might want to have access to, energy.
Probably first and foremost, but maybe not. Minerals, too. But certainly energy, oil and gas, because we need them, despite what they may tell you, to continue our civilization and to be strong and prosperous. So a big energy supply would be important. A powerful military might also help. And to have a powerful military, of course, you need a big population to man the military. As Ukraine, unfortunately, is finding out now, it helps to have a lot of people. So there are a couple of different countries you might throw out there.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–4:01
2
How has the U.S. relationship with Israel evolved over time?
4:01–7:41
3
What if Qatar was considered America's closest ally?
7:41–10:24
4
What are the implications of changing U.S. alliances?
10:24–12:24
5
How do natural resources influence ally selection?
12:24–1:13:42
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What are the moral considerations in U.S. foreign policy?
1:13:42–1:38:20
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