The Fight for Peace – More War Monday | The Rob Maness Show EP 441

Donald Trump is returning to the White House and things are happening already, not all of them good news. However, the brightest spot on the national security map may be the renewal of the last Trump administration’s approach to peace in the middle East, primarily through the Abraham accords and the maximum pressure campaign on Iran, the obvious impetus behind the war Israel is now fighting for it's survival. Americans are concerned about getting pulled into another long war in the Middle East while fully supporting Israel at the same time, so a lot of questions need to be answered. These questions are very necessary as we see nuclear umbrella protected NATO ally Turkey’s coziness with Hamas, Iran’s emerging nuclear capability, and the Biden administration escalating the conflict in Ukraine by authorizing the use of American long-range missiles by Ukraine on Russian territory, President Trump and his team face am increasingly more volatile situation right out of the gate. With Israel being the only democratic state in the Middle East, the last Trump administration was developing answers to why Israel is worthy of remaining a critical ally of the United States? And Why have critical race theorists identified Israel and the U.S. as the most pernicious examples of “settler colonialism”? But unfortunately, the Biden administration abandoned them. My guest today is Victoria Coates. She is the vice president for National Security and Foreign Policy at the Heritage Foundation, a member of the first Trump Administration, and addresses these questions in her new book, The Battle For The Jewish State.