Haaretz: Despite the blow to its national security, Israel will bow to Trump’s Syria withdrawal
The U.S. President is weak. He is running away, with America’s tail between its legs. He is abandoning Israel, betraying the Kurds and sticking a knife in the back of Bashar Assad’s opponents.
Interesting analysis from one of Israel’s biggest newspapers on why Benjamin Netanyahu may support Donald Trump’s decision to pull troops out of Syria, even though it isn’t necessarily in the country’s best interest.
Haaretz writes:
“This is what awaits an Israeli leader who gets bogged down in the thick molasses of flattery and kowtowing to a U.S. President, to the extent that he effectively loses any ability to challenge him or to enlist Congress and public opinion against his decisions. This is the destiny of a prime minister who is terrified that any direct public rebuke could make Trump blow his top and endanger the beautiful friendship he worked so hard to build.”
