CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY MAY 15, 2025
SOME MIDDLE EAST NATIONS ARE ENGAGED IN AN EXTREMIST MAKEOVER, CUDDLING UP TO PRESIDENT TRUMP DURING HIS MIDDLE EAST VISIT AND PROMISING TO INVEST MILLIONS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN THE U.S.. THE PRESIDENT MET YESTERDAY WITH THE NEW LEADER OF SYRIA, WHO REMAINS ON THE STATE DEPARTMENT’S TERROR LIST. QATAR, WHICH HAS SENT $1.8 BILLION TO HAMAS IN GAZA, ACCORDING TO THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, HAS OFFERED A GUILDED PLANE TO THE PRESIDENT AND OTHER GOODIES. QATAR IS SPENDING MILLIONS, PERHAPS BILLIONS, ON AMERICAN EDUCATION, FROM K-12, TO UNIVERSITIES. THAT’S CALLED INFLUENCE BUYING.
THE MIDDLE EAST HAS ALWAYS BEEN A SNAKE PIT. THESE NATIONS DON’T NEED A RETURN ON THEIR SO-CALLED INVESTMENTS IN AMERICA. THEY HAVE PLENTY OF MONEY. SOME OF THEM SUBSCRIBE TO BELIEFS THAT CALL FOR THE ELIMINATION OF ISRAEL, THE MURDER OF JEWS AND CHRISTIANS AND WORLD DOMINATION BY ISLAM.
NONE OF THEIR THINKING IS LIKELY TO CHANGE BECAUSE OF THE PRESIDENT’S TRIP? THE LATE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER MARGARET THATCHER SAID: “WE IN THE WEST MAKE A MISTAKE WHEN WE TRANSPOSE OUR MORALITY ON THOSE WHO DON’T SHARE IT.” THAT’S WHATWE ARE DOING NOW. PUT ME DOWN AS EXTREMELY SKEPTICAL BASED ON WHAT THESE LEADERS BELIEVE AND PRACTICE. I’M CAL THOMAS.
