COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE BY STEPHEN COHEN IN RUSSIA
INSIDER
This is a good piece.
I might add another important Trump foreign policy question.
He asked why Israel can't pay for its own defense.
That is a huge and very important question.
The attitudes reflected in Trump's questions are the reason
Israel - and ipso facto Israel's powerful lobby in the US - do not like Trump.
The Neo-con views (eg. people like Victoria Nuland) which
have dominated in Washington for a couple of decades reflect two essential
desires. One, America should use its muscle everywhere and maintain dominance,
including overthrowing governments not liked. Two, Israel remains at the center
of American foreign policy concerns. The two beliefs are interrelated because
so very many of the leading Neo-cons are American Jews with a keen interest in
Israel.
These parallel Neo-con concerns have been highly destructive
and are responsible for at least two million deaths, stretching from the
invasion of Iraq to the continued efforts to destroy Syria.
The only candidate even likely to review this nightmarish
system is Donald Trump. Bernie Sanders might have some inclination here but he
has very little chance of winning.
