Holbrooke: Kerry Will “Put More Pressure on Israel”
William Kristol notes a very telling comment from John Kerry’s top foreign policy adviser, Richard Holbrooke, who stated on the Bill O’Reilly show that Kerry plans to “put more pressure” on Israel: Kerry Will ‘Put More Pressure on Israel’.
Appearing on The O’Reilly Factor Friday night, Holbrooke warned of a possible “Iran-type clerical dictatorship” in Iraq: This would be “very dangerous for Israel, the U.S. and the world.” Then Holbrooke segued into an account of how Kerry would improve the situation in the Middle East: “He [Kerry] has said already he would start intense talks with the allies … and he would reach out to the moderate Arab states. He’d put more pressure on Israel, Syria, Saudi Arabia above all.”
“He’d put more pressure on Israel.” Holbrooke, perhaps Kerry’s top foreign policy spokesman, confirms Krauthammer’s prediction. So there is a real difference between Bush and Kerry on Israel. Isn’t there, Sen. Kerry?
“Krauthammer’s prediction” is that John Kerry, to curry favor with Arabs and Europeans, will abandon the Bush administration’s strong pro-Israel stance.
Krauthammer’s prediction seems to be accurate.
Notice also that Holbrooke groups Israel with Syria and Saudi Arabia: two centers of world terrorism.
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