[Peace-discuss] L'Shana Haba'ah B'Yerushalayim

[Karen Medina]

Carl wrote:
> Suppose Trump has made his Jerusalem move as part of a 'deal' - a negotiation - to mollify Israel & the KSA - as a substitute for war with Iran (backed by Russia)?

1) I suppose, if this were the situation, that it would be best for
Trump himself to make it clear to the American people that this is the
deal he made.*
2) Would this even work?
3) What about all the other problems it causes
4) What about all the other problems it fails to solve.

-karen medina
* As to how he would tell the American people, I doubt that it would
fit into a tweet unless he chose his words very carefully. or used
yours.



On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 8:29 PM, C G Estabrook <cgestabrook at gmail.com> wrote:
> Suppose Trump has made his Jerusalem move as part of a 'deal' - a negotiation - to mollify Israel & the KSA - as a substitute for war with Iran (backed by Russia)?
>
> That would be sabre-rattling that might get both Bibi & MBS off his back. The Pentagon wants to threaten - not actually fight - Russia; they learnt their lesson in Syria.



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-- karen medina
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