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Trump’s Former Sec. of State: Trump believes Islamic terrorism “has nothing to do with religion.”
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On Mideast Policy, the Swamp Drains Trump
https://pjmedia.com/homeland-security/2017/05/18/on-mideast-policy-the-swamp-drains-trump/
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“So what’s [Trump’s foreign] policy [in the Middle East]? It’s a surprisingly difficult question to answer. [He] say[s] [h]e want[s] Iran out of Syria, but [he’s] in league with the Iranians in some battles [esp. Iraq]. [Trump] want[s] a closer relationship with Egypt, but [Egypt’s president] Sisi clearly has his doubts, and is taking out insurance by working with Putin. [Trump is] rhetorically tough against North Korea (an intimate of Iran), and slap sanctions against those who help them, but there is as yet no sign that [Trump] understand[s] we’re in a world war, nor that [he] ha[s] a global strategy capable of winning it.“
https://pjmedia.com/michaelledeen/2017/03/25/does-trump-have-a-strategy-to-win-the-global-war/
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Chaldean Christians: President Trump Has ‘Utterly Betrayed’ Us
https://pjmedia.com/faith/2017/06/15/chaldean-christians-president-trump-has-utterly-betrayed-us/
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Israel:
Trump and Netanyahu Sharply at Odds on Military Aid to Lebanon
https://pjmedia.com/homeland-security/u-s-israel-sharply-odds-military-aid-lebanon/
[Because…]
Obama’s Shadow Looms Over US Lebanon Policy
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/269426/obamas-shadow-looms-over-us-lebanon-policy-ari-lieberman
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[Trump continues to “promise” U.S. embassy move to Jerusalem…]
https://www.yahoo.com/news/middle-east-braces-trump-verdict-jerusalem-213127360.html
[… but whether that will actually happen remains to be seen.]
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Trump Unilaterally Waives Law Requiring US Move Its Embassy to Jerusalem
https://stream.org/trump-waives-law-requiring-us-move-embassy-jerusalem/
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Trump White House Posts Map With Half of Israel Missing!
https://pjmedia.com/video/wth-now-the-trump-administration-is-deleting-half-of-israel-on-the-map/
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McMaster Won’t Answer Whether Western Wall Is Part of Israel
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Sean Spicer Can’t Say if Jerusalem Is in Israel
https://pjmedia.com/video/update-now-sean-spicer-cant-say-if-jerusalem-is-even-in-israel/
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Palestinians:
Trump Grossly Overestimating Palestinians’ Desire For Peace
http://thefederalist.com/2017/05/23/trump-overestimating-palestinians-desire-peace/
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Trump Embraces The PLO Fantasy
The new president is gearing up to make the same mistake as his predecessor
http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Our-World-Trump-embraces-the-PLO-fantasy-484099
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Trump Falls Down ‘Peace Process’ Rabbit Hole
https://pjmedia.com/homeland-security/2017/05/04/trump-falls-down-peace-process-rabbit-hole/
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US Taxpayers Still Funding Palestinian Terrorism
http://www.dailywire.com/news/15916/us-taxpayers-still-funding-palestinian-terrorism-robert-kraychik
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Palestinians not stopping ‘martyr’ payments, despite Rex Tillerson’s claim
http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=43123
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Mass Murder-Enabler Abbas Honored in the Trump White House
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/05/unworthy_abbas_honored_in_the_white_house_.html
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Abbas Lies to Trump, Big Time
http://freebeacon.com/blog/abbas-lies-trump-big-time/
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Trump’s grave mistakes with Abbas
http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/266640/two-state-diplomatic-kabuki-theater-bruce-thornton
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Abbas refuses to stop salaries to terrorists
http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=157&doc_id=20973
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Syria:
Here’s A List Of The Times Trump Warned Against Getting Involved In Syria
http://dailycaller.com/2018/04/13/trump-list-not-involve-in-syria/
[Yes, those “warnings” all preceded Trump’s decision to get involved in Syria.]
and…
“In wanting to keep our mission in Syria very narrow — so he can authorize a single night of air strikes and declare ‘mission accomplished’ — Trump is avoiding the task of forming the kind of larger, sustained strategy that actually produces results.”
http://thefederalist.com/2018/04/16/trumps-syria-strategy-one-night/
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Trump Is Making Obama’s Mistake In Syria: Putting His Hopes in Russia
http://thefederalist.com/2017/07/12/trump-making-obamas-mistake-syria-putting-hopes-russia/
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Trump’s State Dept. seems unwilling to take genuine measures to kick Iran out of southern Syria
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.822442
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Trump in 2013: ‘The President Must Get Congressional Approval Before Attacking Syria’
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“‘The American strikes [against a Syrian airbase] did nothing for us. They can still commit massacres at anytime,’ said Majed Khattab, speaking by phone from Khan Sheikhoun. ‘No one here can sleep properly, people are really afraid.’ Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu described Trump’s decision to retaliate as welcome, but not enough. ‘If this intervention is limited only to an air base, if it does not continue and if we don’t remove the regime from heading Syria, then this would remain a cosmetic intervention,’ he said.”
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Turkey:
Trump Lauds Close ‘Friend of Mine’ Erdoğan as ‘Getting Very High Marks’
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Erdogan: we will ‘strangle’ U.S.-backed force in Syria “before it’s even born”
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Christian Kurds Bombed by Turkey: ‘Many Lives are in Mortal Danger… Please Help Us’
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Turkey Is Killing Christians, and the Best Hope for Freedom in the Middle East. Will Trump Speak Up?
https://stream.org/turkey-killing-christians-best-hope-freedom-middle-east-will-speak/
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The emerging Caliphate of Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
http://mobile.wnd.com/2018/01/the-emerging-caliphate-of-turkeys-recep-tayyip-erdogan/
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“Following in the footsteps of his predecessors, President Trump on Monday marked the anniversary of Ottoman [Muslim] Turkey’s mass atrocities against [Christian] Armenians a century ago without using the weighty term ‘genocide,’ prompting some Armenian critics to decry what they called ‘capitulation’ to [Erdogan].”
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/trump-disappoints-armenian-advocates-not-referring-genocide
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Iraq:
Washington’s — And Now Trump’s As Well — Despicable Hypocrisy Towards the Kurds
“After two decades of promoting diplomats and military officers for doing the wrong sort of thing, [Trump] simply lacks people with the imagination to turn a good crisis to its advantage.”
https://pjmedia.com/spengler/2017/09/25/washingtons-despicable-hypocrisy-towards-kurds/
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America’s Betrayal of the Kurds: The New Munich Surrender
https://stream.org/americas-betrayal-kurds/
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Tillerson: U.S. Does Not Recognize Kurdistan Independence Vote
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When Iran joined forces with Iraq last week, only Israel stood up for the Kurds.
The U.S. response has been baffling, with the Pentagon denying Iran’s involvement.
https://stream.org/iran-gains-influence-iraq-middle-east-us-gives-tepid-response-israeli-warnings/
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U.S. Weapons Being Used by Iraqis and Shiite Militias Against Us in Kirkuk, Say Kurds
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Trump tells Erdogan US will stop arming Kurdish rebels
[Update: ASND is not yet sure who to believe about Trump & the Kurds.]
US to keep supporting SDF, including Kurds, in Syria
http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/US-to-keep-supporting-SDF-including-Kurds-in-Syria-515260
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[Why are those details relevant here?…]
The Enemies of Kurdistan are the Enemies of the US
https://emetonline.org/enemies-kurdistan-enemies-us/
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If America Betrays the Kurds, Where Will We Ever Find Allies?
https://stream.org/if-america-betrays-the-kurds-where-will-we-ever-find-allies/
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The Case for Kurdish Independence
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/11101/kurdish-independence-case
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Why American Jews Should Care About and Support the Independence of Kurdistan
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Afghanistan:
Trump sinking America deeper into Afghan quagmire
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/05/trump_sinking_america_deeper_into_afghan_quagmire.html
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Trump White House lacks ‘strategy’ for successful conclusion to Afghan war
http://mobile.wnd.com/2017/05/u-s-lacks-strategy-for-successful-conclusion-to-afghan-war/
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So Far, The Trump Administration Is Perpetuating Our Failures In Afghanistan
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is so far doubling down on a failed status quo, dragging out a strategic loss already bought at a dear cost.
http://thefederalist.com/2017/07/28/far-trump-administration-perpetuating-failures-afghanistan/
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Trump’s Afghanistan Plan Upends His Campaign Promises Against Perpetual War
http://thefederalist.com/2017/08/25/trumps-afghanistan-plan-upends-campaign-promises-perpetual-war/
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Trump should withdraw from Afghanistan
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/08/trump_should_withdraw_from_afghanistan.html
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Iran:
Religious minorities targeted in Iran find the welcome mat yanked also by Trump’s State Dept.
https://world.wng.org/2018/03/a_terminal_wait
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Trump will extend Iran sanctions relief, keeping Obama-era nuclear deal alive — for now
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“If Trump were serious about winning the war [which Iran has declared and is diligently fighting against the U.S.], he’d openly call for regime change.”
https://pjmedia.com/michaelledeen/2017/10/16/trumps-iran-policy-a-good-start/
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[The next five citations were offered prior to Donal Trump’s October, 2017 de-certification of the Obama-Iran debacle. The citations will remain here to remind readers of how incredibly bad Trump’s original decision to re-certify actually was.]
Cruz: Trump’s Iran Deal Certification a ‘Serious Mistake’
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President Trump made an “unfortunate mistake” by re-certifying the Iran nuclear deal according to former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton.
http://www.wnd.com/2017/07/bolton-bureaucracy-to-blame-for-recertification-of-iran-deal/print/
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Obama Nuclear Negotiator Says Trump Believes Iran Deal is Needed
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Iran nuclear: Trump extends Obama’s ‘worst deal ever’
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39950827
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Because of Trump, Iran will continue to enjoy the economic benefits of sanctions relief.
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