Dr. Paul Ray
Appearances
Morning Wire
CEO Shooter Celebrated & Hegseth Support Surges | 12.11.24
The Russians can't control it. The Iranians can't control it. The Turks can't control it, though they can influence things.
Morning Wire
CEO Shooter Celebrated & Hegseth Support Surges | 12.11.24
The crucial thing to understand is that Syria is artificial. You know, it goes back to the divvying up of the Near East between the British and the French after World War I. So there really isn't a country there. Maybe some sense of loyalty to the country has developed in the last century, but it doesn't amount to much.
Morning Wire
CEO Shooter Celebrated & Hegseth Support Surges | 12.11.24
It's too easy for Americans to exaggerate American agency, our capacity to fix things, to shape things. The prudent thing to do is to watch and wait. And if a government emerges and it's in control of the territory, we should recognize it and our diplomats should try to work with it. Then we'll see. What exactly are U.S.
Morning Wire
CEO Shooter Celebrated & Hegseth Support Surges | 12.11.24
Whether it's in our interest or in the interest of the Israelis depends to a great degree on the policy of Turkey. And there's no clarity about the policy of Turkey with regard to Israel. At times, the Erdogan government has cooperated very closely with the Israelis. At other times, it has been strongly hostile to Israel.