1、1/2David WurmserDecember 15,2023US meltdown in the Middle Eastcenterforsecuritypolicy.org/us-meltdown-in-the-middle-east/The U.S.is headed for a meltdown of its position in the Middle East as it is trying,unrealistically to reconcile reality in the region with both the unity of the progressive-liber
2、alDemocratic Party coalition and to do so on a domestic U.S.political timeline that starts inJanuary.It wants israel to limit its strikes to just getting Hamas leadership,but there is no way to dothat without the IDFs going in on the ground.The U.S.wants Israel to reduce the intensity of the war,but
3、 also wants it all to finish the warin two weeks.It wants Israel to turn over Gaza to the Palestinian Authority,but the PA is negotiating withHamas leadership to turn over governance of part of the PA to Hamas and to share power inthe West Bank.It wants Israel to reduce the intensity of the war to e
4、ase pressure for a backlash among thePalestinians and their progressive supporters,but polls show that 1)Palestinians areradicalized and energized by the depraved violence of Oct.7 as well as the images of dyingIsraeli soldiers,and not by the war itself and 2)Hamas leadership is increasingly confide
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