Reference News Network September 12 report: On September 10, the U.S. "Strategy for the Nation" website published an article titled "Is Israel Forcing Trump to Be the Number One Compromiser," written by Trita Parsi, co-founder and Executive Vice President of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. The main content is translated as follows:
U.S. President Trump told reporters on the evening of the 9th that he was deeply dissatisfied with Israel's bombing of Qatar.
Trump may indeed be dissatisfied, but the Israeli Prime Minister has grouped him with Biden: both have made angry statements about Israel's open actions that harm American interests, but never implied that Israel would face consequences for defying American policies, and these actions would almost certainly not have occurred without American approval.
Whether or not the United States knew in advance about Israel's military plans and conspired with it, whether Trump's claim that he was unaware is true or not, the result is the same: Israel has seriously undermined America's credibility.
If the United States either conspired in the attack or is proven unwilling or unable to prevent such an attack, what value is there in America's security umbrella, let alone allowing the United States to establish military bases?
This is precisely the problem that every partner of the United States in the Persian Gulf is facing today. These partners depend on American protection for their survival. Considering that the current U.S. government has canceled all practical constraints on Israel, these countries' leaders should already know that this day will eventually come.
To make matters worse, Israel not only weakened the credibility of American security guarantees, but also damaged America's diplomatic position. This is the second time this year that Israel has used U.S.-led diplomatic activities as a cover to launch illegal military operations. The first time was an attack on Iran during June nuclear negotiations.
Israel may believe that weakening the credibility of American diplomacy is clearly beneficial to itself. A United States that cannot solve problems through negotiations will be forced to follow Israel in reckless military adventures that are contrary to American interests. For the U.S. government, this is nothing short of a disaster.
The question now is how Trump will respond. Unless actual punitive measures are taken against Israel's repeated violations of American interests, his expression of dissatisfaction will be meaningless.
Perhaps this incident will force Trump to realize how foolish it is to outsource U.S. Middle East policy to Israel. (Translated by Qing Songzhu)
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