The Middle East: Where And When Next? – OpEd
By Dr. J. Scott Younger
President Donald Trump is now in his sixth month of his current term of the presidency. On taking office on January 20, 2025, he has provided the media with plenty of column inches. He boasted that when he was the President that he would end the two ongoing struggles, Ukraine and Israel, each within a day and he would not become embroiled in any more wars, all of which pledges have been broken. He was confident that his ‘friendship’ was strong enough that he would be able to make the leaders of the two conflicts, Putin and Netanyahu, stop what they were doing.
In the short time he has been president, those who have to make consequent decisions have had to learn how to best handle this unpredictable, narcissistic man, taking in much time in the effort. His cabinet team have to be loyal, more important than being competent. In fact, the team are like a second eleven, interpreting the signs emanating from political circles. Will this team last another three and a half years?
Meanwhile, in the past three months or so, the Israelis have tightened their grip on Gaza, dismissing the UN and other aid agencies and thereby the much- needed aid to the Palestinians caught in Gaza. It is now all handled by them. They have effectively starved the people, raising a universal complaint correctly talking about genocide. They, with the Americans, have conjured up a new body which would handle all food aid henceforward despite being strongly advised that the system they were........
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