CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY FEBRUARY 6, 2025
TALK ABOUT NATION BUILDING!
PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCED TUESDAY AT A NEWS CONFERENCE WITH ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN
NETANYAHU THAT HE WANTS THE U.S. TO TAKEOVER GAZA, BULLDOZE THE WRECKAGE, AND MOVE THE TWO MILLION PALESTINIANS TO OTHER COUNTRIES WHERE THEY WILL LIVE IN FAR BETTER CONDITIONS AND THE REGION WILL NO LONGER BE A THREAT TO ISRAEL. NETANYAHU PRAISED THE CONCEPT.
TRUMP ADDED “(PALESTINIANS) JUST CAN’T GO BACK. IF THEY GO BACK IT’S GOING TO END UP THE SAME WAY IT HAS FOR 100 YEARS.”
HE IS UNDENIABLY RIGHT. BUT IT PRESUMES THAT GAZANS AND TERRORISTS WILL CHANGE THEIR MINDS WHEN IT COMES TO ISRAEL AND THE JEWISH PEOPLE. OR THAT THEY WANT TO LIVE IN NICE HOMES RATHER THAN DIE AS MARTYRS. WHAT’S TO PREVENT TERRORISTS FROM ENTERING OTHER ARAB COUNTRIES, WHICH THEY HAVE DONE BEFORE.
SEVERAL THINGS OUGHT TO BE OF CONCERN ABOUT TRUMP’S PROPOSAL. FIRST, WILL GAZA RESIDENTS AGREE TO LEAVE? SECOND, WILL COUNTRIES IN THE REGION TAKE THEM IN? THIRD IS THE COST. MIDDLE EASTERN NATIONS SHOULD PAY, NOT US. AND FOURTH, WILL THE U.S. MILITARY BE INVOLVED IN STABLIZING THE PLACE?
ALL IMPORTANT QUESTIONS, BUT IT’S A GREAT IDEA, IF IT WORKS. I’M CAL THOMAS.
