Time, money, resources, life the United States engaged in over the past decade. Trying to make iraq into a jeffersonian democracy, theyre not any Thomas Jeffersons over there. There are not even any al capones over there, if you look at the results from yesterday. I dont think the book stores of arabic translations of the federalist papers. It raises fundamental questions which is what youre getting at, about the idea of being ambitious. About the idea of changing the dna of countries. The wisdom or lack of it of having gotten ambitious in iraq. And then the situation between israelis and palestinians. Beyond questions of tactically, whats happened at the border. It shows how neither side, neither the palestinians or israel has any strategy for dealing with their situation. What we have is essentially violence and the absence of a strategy for either side. David ignatius. Weve been saying for some time, weve been noting for some time that their there are unique opportunities in the middle east. Because the sunni arab nations have drone closer to israel and their alliance against a growing iranian threat across that region. But at this point when you have the images that we had yesterday, the split screen out of israel that we had yesterday, at some point it doesnt matter what cc in egypt thinks about the palestinians or what mbs in saudi arabia thinks, whether hes tired of the palestinian cause or not. This actually causes unrest across the region, does it not . And actually makes it more difficult for us to move forward. With our sunni allies. These images, the contrast world shock people in the middle east. Should be a shocking contrast for people all over the world. That degree of violence, 58 dead, 2700 injured. Is extraordinary. I have to say that gulf arabs, the saudis, the emiratis, still have a nominal commitment to the palestinian cause. They say all the right things. Certainly their people get upset. There is a way in which theyre more focused. Its a fact. Theyre more focused on iran, think thats one reason israel feels more comfortable dealing with this in the way that it thinks it needs to. So there is a way in which the palestinian issue gets less focused than it did at any time since ive been covering the middle east. And that goes back to 1980. This was a day when you just saw the blockage that really echo of richard haas was saying. The obstacles in the way of moving forward in the middle east. Moving forward for israel to the kind of stale israelis want and want to celebrate moving forward. In iraq, toward something more stable. Its still a long way to go. And mika, for the rest of the world you actually saw an administration, a white house, and well say it since ivanka trump was there. A family. Completely out of touch. With the realities of the region that theyre dealing with. And you know, you had 55, 55 People Killed yesterday . 58. 58. And you had a split screen of what looked like a vip camp at the Belmont Stakes. And they just they dont care. They seem totally oblivious to what was going on, not not so far away. So the International Committee of the red cross warned that the Health System in gaza is quote on the verge of collapse due to strain. Several nations have called for an emergency meeting of the u. N. Security council with the palestinian rep calling the israeli actions in gaza, quote, war crimes. Nato ally turkey has declared three days of mourning in solidarity with the protest and has announced its withdrawing its ambassadors to israel and the United States for turkeys president erdogan also says there will be a big demonstration in istanbul on friday. If turkey wants to withdraw from nato at the same time thats fine. Yeah. The Israeli Military said it acted after nearly 40,000 people descended on the border with fire bombs and explosive devices and rocks as part of riots in an attempt to reach the border fence. Some attempted to set a bomb at one section of that fence. Others sent flaming kites into israel. President ial adviser Jared Kushner mentioned the protest in his comments at the Embassy Opening yesterday. By moving our embassy to jerusalem we have shown the world once again that the United States can be trusted. We stand with our friends and our allies, and above all else, weve shown that the United States of america will do whats right. President trump was very clear that his decision and todays celebration do not reflect a departure from our strong commitment to lasting peace. A peace that overcomes the conflicts of the past in order to give our children a brighter and more boundless future. As we have seen from the protests of the last month and even today, those provoking violence are part of the problem and not part of the solution. Were aware of the reports of continued violence in gaza today. The responsibility for these tragic defendants rests carely with hams, who is provoking this response, and as the secretary of state said israel has the right to defend itself. To be clear, does the u. S. Not degree with the french that israeli authorities should exercise discretion and restraint . We believe that hamas is responsible. We believe that hamas as an organization is engaged in cynical action leading to these deaths. The white houses official transcript of kushners remarks did not include the part where he blames the protesters for the violence. Richard haas, as you watch these scenes play out yesterday on television, the world watches them play out, you know, palestinians said from the moment the idea was floated, of moving the embassy to jerusalem this would take any peace deal off the table. That the americans were not goodFaith Partners in that act. As you watch yesterday, can you imagine peace talks that Jared Kushner was supposed to have initiated and supposed to have been overseeing for the last 16 months . The short answer is new york city long answer is no. What today showed is not do the israelis have a good tactical policy for dealing with the pressure at the border, but they dont have a Strategic Policy how to create a con tet text that the palestinians have any sense that the future is going to be better. For that matter, neither do the palestinians. The u. S. Has taken itself largely out of the game. The idea that we could be an honest broker and play a role acceptable to both sides is increasingly suspect. So yesterday was about as, just when you think things cant get worse in the middle east. What yesterday shows, no, actually they can. And what you have here in gaza, think about it. This is a place thats got the most dense population in the world. Somewhere between 1. 5 million and 2 Million People in a place maybe what, twice the size of washington, d. C. Twothirds of the people are under 25 years old. So this is more than just hamas orchestrating it. Yeah, hamas is pushing things, hamas is also running behind to catch up. So it doesnt lose any sense of leadership there. This is a situation that where people are hopeless, theyre going to do dangerous and suicidal things. The longterm strategic question for the United States and israel is how do we change this dynamic . You dont want to have images like this you dont want to have this reality day after day. So the question is again, what do we do to change this dynamic . I heard nothing yesterday that suggested that we have even the slightest clue about how to change this dynamic. Timing is everything. I supported, when i was in congress, i supported moving the embassy to jerusalem. At some point. Just about every president thats run has also supported moving the embassy to jerusalem. Over the past, certainly republican president s have supported that over the past 20, 30 years. Clinton did, too. Bill clinton did as well. But if you look at the special time, this is for anybody that really knows how to negotiate. This is jonathan this is one of the worst times in the world. To do this. Because we have our enemies on their, on their back heels. Whoever they are across the middle east. You have, you have again, the arab states, the Sunni Arab States. Actually on our side. Willing to work with us, we could, if we could present ourselves as honest brokers to the middle east. In the middle east, we could, we could actually sit down with the palestinians and say hey, listen you know youre in worse shape than youve been in, in 40 years. Lets strike an honorable deal for you. We can, you know, obviously netanyahu is not an honest broker over there, never has been, never will be. To take a situation like this where actually again, the United States and our sunni allies are aligned and do something to provoke this sort of backlash without laying the proper steps, it just short sighted and it is going to cause a situation there to get even worse. The white house is being reactionary this is about President TrumpCampaign Promise, he says im going to the president that moves the embassy to jerusalem what an appeal it holds for him, when he can do something that his predecessors could or did not do. Were seeing him showcase his close ties with Prime Minister netanyahu. Thats one of his closest allies. He wants to deliver this for the republican base. Conservatives, whether its sheldon adelsoadelson. Jared kushner, we havent seen much of jared recently. To have him so front and center yesterday out there with that very dramatic split screen of the Country Club Atmosphere of the embassy dedication ceremony with the violence only 60 miles away. Within the white house how middle east peace has become far less of a priority, we know in our reporting that the president when he first came to office, he saw a deal there. As his chance to rewrite the history books. Suggesting even in one Oval Office Conversation that he could do it in his first term. His focus has shifted. North korea is where he is now. Nsa where he sees the chance to do something that hell be remembered forever. This is not where his focus is right now. Instead his focus is delivering a Campaign Promise to his base, and shoring up ties with netanyahu. Negotiations and diplomacy, i tried in the middle east and failed with everybody else, just because you have the right to do something, just because the United States had a right to move its embassy in jerusalem. Doesnt mean it was the right thing to do or that this was the right time to do it. Youve got to make the situation better. At the moment we did this in the absence of a larger diplomacy. We didnt give anything to the palestinians in exchange. We could have done this. It could have been done without this violence if we had packaged it right. If it had been part of something larger. To do it in isolation, to do it in the absence of a larger process. This is the result of doing things like that. The most amazing things, we didnt netanyahu for anything for this, we never do. And to move, to, to move this embassy to jerusalem, and get nothing in return from israel. Its the art of the deal. This moves the Peace Process down the road. Its the worst deal making i could imagine. Or to try to give some kind of olive branch to the palestinians, something that says yes, were moving this, but heres what you get out of it as well. And mika, part of a larger package. Kasie hunt, whats the reaction been like on capitol hill over the last 24 hours. We heard the white house line in support of israels actions along the border. What are they saying on capitol hill . The question of whether to move the embassy at all. It actually does break down along somewhat unexpected lines. Normally its easy to tell hey, so and so, especially if they have a democratic title, is going to be opposed to whatever President Trump may have done. But in this particular case, you have people like senator chuck schumer, the democratic leader. Praising the administrations actions here. So its important to remember that sometimes this issue breaks down along difficult lines. But i think you know, congress is going to be back and in force today, i think youre already starting to hear, these concerns about exactly what you were just laying out. The reaction to this the way that the administration did this, that resulted in such a dramatic loss of life, the, the israeli actions and whether they are in proportion to what was required here. Im actually interested, richard haas, weve talked a lot recently this is, this comes as the u. S. Has pulled out of the iran deal, somewhat at the urging of bibi netanyahu. There was quiet support from arab nations there. What role are they playing in the Israeli Palestinian conflicts. They had been happy in past decades to stoke them it gave them more entrenched power in their own countries are, they criticizing israel right now . Theyre only criticizing israel to the extent they have to. The populations of the many sunni arab countries, their governments would like this to go away in the case eve egypt to focus on domestic challenge and in the case of saudi arabia and others, so they can focus on iran. What well find out is the governments wont have the total freedom to do this. This issue resonates with populations. And when the tv images of this are beamed around the arab world, it will show this issue has a lot of traction with the public and it will rein in what governments can and cannot do. You mentioned this at the top of the show, muqtada al sadr, militia leader who once led a charge against american troops in iraq as emerged as the frontrunner in iraqs National Elections according to iraqi officials. Muqtada al sadr has been extremely vocal in his antiamerican stance, but said he would honor commitments made between iraq and the United States regarding the training of Iraq Security forces and weapons purchases. David i ignatius, al sadr, a sworn enemy of the United States during the iraq war. What does his success in yesterdays elections mean . Muqtada al sadr is a nationalist. He is antiamerican, hes also relatively speaking for an iraqi shiite, antiiranian. I think most important in terms of understanding what just happened, hes anticorruption, he thinks that the people on top of the new iraq are stealing money everywhere and hes right. And i think this election result reflects public anger at the new kind of autocrats of iraq and what theyve been getting away with. I would caution although he came out on top. Its possible hell cut a deal that would keep Prime Minister abadi, the americansupported current Prime Minister of iraq, in power. That looks to some analysts like the most likely outcome. But its a sign that i think in some ways, has some positive elements, iraq is saying were angry, we want this country of ours to work better. We want people to stop stealing and hes the guy thats the symbol of that. President trump slams the media and members of his own government in the same tweet. How the president plans to target leakers for spilling secrets to the press. Plus the Vice President is pushing his bosss agenda. New reports suggest mike pence is getting under the president s skin for being a little too front and center. Kind of like weve had that problem for some time. Bill karins . Got a feeling hes running for something. I think we have to have the talk. You look and hes going oh, im out for morning joe. Sit in the background, blend in a little bit. How many times can you go to the mall in schenectady and claim youre doing it for me. Youre doing it for yourself, karins. Bill . I grew up in that mall. Were watching the storms in the middle of the country. Today is going to be a violent day in the northeast. 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