My first “political” memory is the Iranian hostages. Then that Reagan guy was elected & they came home. I remember the media & establishment called him crazy too. Then I remember stories about Beirut, Egypt, a man named Anwar Sadat. All pretty vague as I was exposed to /1

Meet the Press from an early age by my grandma. And the evening news of course. She didn’t like Carter or Reagan. To this day I have no idea what her political affiliation was. The Middle East seems to have been on fire my entire life. The Achille Lauro, embassy bombings /2

hijackings, the PLO, the 1st Afghanistan war with Russia, the Iraq/Iran war, the invasion of Kuwait, Afghanistan post 9/11, the Iraq War, Syria, ISIS....

This is pure stream of consciousness. I am sure I have missed a ton of course. And now, on today of all days. This/3 https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1304442915687522304

I believe this is possible because with energy independence, we can focus on actual diplomacy in the region. We can leverage actors we could not risk offending in the past. Additionally POTUS & his team focused on economic ties & prosperity for the whole region. Historically, /4

Israel has always been asked to give up something for the right to exist. No more. Shared regional prosperity is the goal, effectively isolating those who prefer to use terrorism to achieve their ends.

The DNC platform still calls for a 2 state solution. Not happening. /5

Biden has pledged to reenter the Iran Nuclear Deal. For what? They will shortly be surrounded by countries who have normal diplomatic relations & shared economic ties with Israel. Put a few IDF planes in some of these countries through a joint defense agreement & game over. /6

The ONLY accomplishment of the Obama administration was emboldening the Iranian regime to the point more nations realized who the ACTUAL threat in the region was. And they are choosing security & prosperity over continued chaos. The news from this region is historic on /7

a number of fronts. You now exactly HOW historic because of the minimal coverage. I can’t wait to discuss all of this on the Tuesday AM show with @Rabbi224 who has been my tutor on all of this for the last 5 years. Mazel Tov my friend! /end