Arab Turmoil & The Indespensible Nation.........by Dan Friedman

It is often said Israel lives in a “dangerous neighborhood” and the Middle East is a “volatile region.” To those characterizations you can now add another adjective “chaotic.” Even the usually self-assured Wall St. Journal seems flummoxed. In an editorial today they went through the motions and criticized the Obama administration for being blindsided, but they also threw up their hands and had to admit, “The reality may be that the future of these places is not ours to influence, much less control.”

That amounts to a retreat of sorts and reinforces my contention that the Arab/Muslim world plays a game with which the American mindset is unfamiliar. Still, I’ll go out on a limb and give you a glimpse of the future. When all the dust settles, as though it was a miracle, out of nowhere Israel will appear as an oasis of stability that the West cannot live without.