Comments by "Major Moolah" (@majormoolah5056) on "Israel-Hamas War: The race to avert escalation in the Middle East | Ian Bremmer | Quick Take" video.

  1. It seems Hezbollah has declared a ground invasion of Gaza as a red line. They have also been increasing their attacks on Israel, destroying several observation stations and such. Considering they have been escalating for a while now, the chance of getting involved seems high. The other interesting bit of news is that the Arab states are putting together some sort of a summit with China. It seems they want a political solution to this mess, once and for all. Europeans have put together a humanitarian air corridor into Gaza and have tripled the aid going there. But that shows the old problem of the situation: US is saying "Israel, wrong or right" which has meant that Europe has to go along. And that in turns makes life hard for Europeans, because they want to have good relations with the Arabs, both the regional powers as well as the immigrants living in EU. I do not think the two US aircraft carriers have any real contribution to make in any military scenario with Gaza or Hezbollah. It is a political gesture above all. Now Trump put in a military base into Israel, which goes against decades of wise policy. Because now Hezbollah or any other bad actor can send drones to strike the carriers or launch missiles to strike the US base. And that is that then. The question for the future is: now that the world is in flux and US does not run the Middle East anymore, will the Israelis finally have the political wisdom to find a political solution and give Palestinians their own state? Standing alone against the hundreds of millions of Arabs has become impossible. As to Ukraine: I have always maintained that US can simply pull the plug and change the subject and walk away from Ukraine. But this would mean that US loses their position as the security guarantor of Europe. That seems inevitable now. Recently Burrell and the EU foreign ministers had a summit in Ukraine, where plans were made to give defence aid and financial support for years. It would be unfortunate for USA to be the one to give up, but that is the trajectory.
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