Is Earth more peaceful now than it was four years ago?

No.

President Donald J. Trump left the world relatively tranquil. Nearly four years of Kamala Harris’s and Joe Biden’s strategic ham-handedness have made war the new normal.

Consider this metric: The Jewish Virtual Library chronicles rocket and mortar attacks against Israel. During the first 45 months of Trump’s tenure—from Jan. 20, 2017 through Oct. 25, 2020—Israel’s enemies fired 1,171 rockets and mortars at America’s closest Middle Eastern ally. Across Kamala-Biden’s equivalent timespan, Israel’s foes shot 24,560 rockets and mortars at the Jewish state—up 1,997%.

Between Jan. 1 and Oct. 25, 2020—during Trump’s fourth year in office—such onslaughts totaled 128. Under Kamala-Biden: 11,441—up 8,883%.

Scholars, statesmen, and soldiers are appalled.

“The rise in rocket attacks on Israel in recent years, especially over the past 12-plus months, shows how Iran and its proxies like Hezbollah and Hamas become more emboldened as they see more strategic daylight between the United States and Israel,” said Michael Makovsky, president and CEO of the Jewish Institute for National Security of America. ”Confronting Tehran’s axis with the combined might and will of America and Israel is the best guarantor for Middle East stability.”

“From their first days in office, Kamala........

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