I get the impression that in visiting Syria and Saudi Arabia, Nancy Pelosi is acting like a president – like the one a lot of us wish we had.
Her statement that the road to Damascus is the road to peace is worthy of careful attention. She is one of the few in public life to hint at what many know, but dare not say: the United States will not always be the world’s only superpower, and when it ceases to be one, Israel can no longer rely on this country to protect it.
Israel’s only real security is not in military power, but in peace. And peace can only come when Israel does justice to the Palestinians.
The numbers of the dead in the Israel-Palestinian conflict are reminiscent of those in the Vietnam war: Israel kills far more of its enemies than its enemies kill Israelis, yet there is no victory.
Those who truly love Israel, and who want it to survive, will urge its leaders to do justice, and do it quickly. It may already be too late.
Norman K. Marsh
Darrington
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