The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity : Trump’s Golan is a Megalomaniac’s Own Goal
Trump
may have scored an ‘own goal’ with his announcement that the US will
recognize Golan as Israeli territory. Without doubt, this audacious step
will weaken his pet Iran strategy.
Tehran’s stance that it is the US, and not Iran, that violates
international law becomes even more difficult to contradict. Any
American peace plan for the Middle East will now be a tougher sell than
at anytime — especially on Trump’s watch. Clearly, the US’ pretext for
intervention in Syria — namely, need to end Iran’s military presence —
becomes hopelessly untenable. There will be widespread sympathy in the
Arab world for Syria.
