I dont go back as far as 1948 as someone implied, but Carter. Relations established with Bahrein and UAE is the biggest acchievement since the treaties with Egypt, and Jordan,
with which Israel negotiated in battles.
Also, Carter finished the more difficult job. Egypt had existentially threatened Israel, both nations suffered hugh losses, and Israeli troops stood deep inside Egypt on the Sinai. The war actually were three wars. The acting politicians were witnesses of the founding era of Israel, bitter memories lived freshly in the minds of many people. To reach a normalization of ties under those precondtions was much more diffult than it is today, so much time later between Israel and two "dwarf" states that enver played such a big role in those wars at all, and who are with Israel united by share dinterests directed against Iran and after decades of demonstration that Israel did not pose a threat to the authoritarian regimes in the region. So, Carter really finished the much tougher job of the two, against much heavier resistances
Iran cannot like this.
So lets leave it in perspective. Trump scored two solid points there. Not less, but then, also not more.
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Last edited by Skybird; 09-12-20 at 04:58 AM.
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