Ironically, Trump, who is often described as cynical and a man with no principles, is one of the last true peaceniks in the US. The progressives obviously don't believe in peace, they just want to punish Israel. /1
The more centrist Democrats who demand a two-state solution, I don't think they really believe this will solve the I/P conflict either. Some of them are principled liberals and they think the Palestinians have the "right" to a state no matter what they will do with it. /2
Others are just grifters, parts of the DC establishment, "peace processors" who thrive on perpetuating the I/P conflict and the entire institutonal structure that sustains it. They are utterly cynical and don't believe in peace, only in the "peace process". /3
Evangelical Christians, especially older ones, are very supportive of Israel, but they clearly see the conflict as a zero-sum game, which they want Israel to win (until the rapture or the armageddon or whatever, I'm not well versed in their theology). /4
But Trump is a true peacenik. He really wants to *solve* the conflict and thinks that a new win-win equilibrium can be achieved.
I think he's wrong, but it's fascinating that a man who is so often described as having no principles, is in fact the last naive, honest peacenik. /5
I think he's wrong, but it's fascinating that a man who is so often described as having no principles, is in fact the last naive, honest peacenik. /5
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