{"id":59447,"date":"2025-05-15T11:01:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T15:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=59447"},"modified":"2025-05-15T11:01:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T15:01:11","slug":"a-chance-for-peace-in-the-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=59447","title":{"rendered":"A Chance For Peace In The Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Wednesday, Robert Spencer posted an article at PJ Media<\/a> about President Trump’s meeting with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

On Wednesday morning, during his trip to Saudi Arabia, Trump met with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, who from 2017 until January of this year, was known as Abu Mohammad al-Julani. Al-Sharaa was the leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the \u201cSyrian Liberation Group,\u201d a Sunni jihad group that had been linked to al-Qaeda and was working to overthrow Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In January 2025, HTS finally attained its goal. Assad fled to Russia. Al-Julani took control in Damascus and announced that he was establishing a regime that would respect the rights of all Syrians. He insisted that he had broken with al-Qaeda years before, and to signify that he was a new man, he shed his nom de guerre<\/em> and reverted to his birth name. He trimmed his beard, took off his fatigues, and donned a suit.<\/strong><\/p>\n

…In many ways, Trump\u2019s meeting with al-Sharaa is as momentous, and could be more momentous, than his first-term overtures to Kim Jong Un. The two meetings come from the same wellsprings: Trump is attempting to break longstanding logjams and end the status quo that the foreign policy establishment, both inside the U.S. and elsewhere, had come to take for granted.<\/strong><\/p>\n

…So Trump wants to make peace with old foes based on mutual economic interests. He is giving al-Sharaa a chance to demonstrate that he really is no longer a jihadi and wants to build a stable and prosperous Syria. It could happen. The global jihad, although it is ignored everywhere, continues nevertheless. It never goes away. Individuals and states, however, can and do put it aside for considerable periods in order to pursue other interests.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article concludes:<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, Trump\u2019s attempt to create peace based on common interests and move beyond the present logjam is as welcome as it is audacious. Once again, Trump appears to be way ahead of everyone else, as he was when he established the Abraham Accords even as John Kerry was confidently telling the world that such a thing was impossible.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The establishment will howl at Trump’s meeting; that’s only to be expected. The president, meanwhile, is moving ahead with astonishing vision, immense confidence, and considerable imagination. The peace and stability of the Middle East, and of the entire world, are riding upon his success.<\/strong><\/p>\n

President Trump is essentially saying to Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, “Put up, or shut up.” I have no doubt that continuing on the path of murdering Syrians that oppose the regime or aligning with terrorist forces in the Middle East will have dire consequences for Syria. This is their chance to become a successful and prosperous country.<\/p>\n

If you are unfamiliar with Robert Spencer, here is his background:<\/p>\n

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Robert Spencer is the director of Jihad Watch<\/a> and a Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center. He is author of 30 books, including many bestsellers, such as The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades)<\/em><\/a>, The Truth About Muhammad<\/em><\/a>, The History of Jihad<\/em><\/a>, The Critical Qur\u2019an<\/em><\/a>, and Muhammad: A Critical Biography<\/em><\/a>. His latest book is Antisemitism: History and Myth<\/em><\/a>, and coming in Nov. 2025 is Holy Hell: Islam’s Abuse of Women and the Infidels Who Enable It<\/em><\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>Spencer has led seminars on Islam and jihad for the FBI, the United States Central Command, United States Army Command and General Staff College, the U.S. Army\u2019s Asymmetric Warfare Group, the Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF), the Justice Department\u2019s Anti-Terrorism Advisory Council and the U.S. intelligence community. He is a senior fellow with the Center for Security Policy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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