2/2: #ISRAEL: Two visions of the Israel US relationship. Peter Berkowitz, Hoover institution.
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2/2: #ISRAEL: Two visions of the Israel US relationship. Peter Berkowitz, Hoover institution.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/07/14/israel_and_the_next_us_administration_151253.html
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| 0:00.0 | Oh, he's cute. Mr. I can never sleep when I'm traveling. He's hugging his pillow like a sloth on a branch. |
| 0:10.0 | He couldn't sleep before. Now listen to him. Sounds like an elephant with a chest infection. |
| 0:15.0 | Well, they call him a dreamer. And now they're right. |
| 0:19.0 | All aboard, Mr. I can never sleep when I'm traveling. |
| 0:23.0 | Find all the comfort you need in the quiet lounge. |
| 0:26.0 | Piando Ferries, there is another way. I'm John Bachelors with my colleague Peter Berkowitz of the Hoover Institution |
| 0:38.6 | writing in real clear politics about the Battle of the Bands in Foreign Affairs. This is a very dry publication. |
| 0:45.2 | The pages are endless print. You have to squint sometimes to stay with it. However in here |
| 0:52.1 | are the very good is is a very good thinking of foreign |
| 0:55.8 | policy advisors for both major parties in the United States back and forth. Sometimes you're |
| 1:02.0 | a shadow national security advisor. |
| 1:04.1 | Sometimes you're the national security advisor. Robert O'Brien writing the |
| 1:07.9 | return of peace to restraint. What is Mr. O'Brien's vision of the relationship between Israel and the United States, Peter? |
| 1:15.0 | Well, to begin with, in the sharpest contrast to Rhodes, he recognizes that Israel is a close American friend and partner. He affirms Israel's |
| 1:25.0 | legitimate war aims in the war against Iran-backed Hamas. And he identifies the |
| 1:30.8 | Islamic Republic of Iran as the principal threat to stability in the Middle |
| 1:34.4 | East. That's an excellent start. And finally, in contrast to Rhodes, O'Brien recognizes that American primacy and world fairs is not only good for America, |
| 1:47.8 | it's actually good for world affairs because America brings its commitment to freedom and democracy. |
| 1:55.8 | It is a decent great power |
| 1:58.3 | and it seeks stability and opportunity for its friends not to not their transformation. |
| 2:07.4 | And therein is the puzzle. |
| 2:09.0 | The source of the war in the Middle East is Tehran. I don't believe there's an honest dispute |
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