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Douglas J. Feith

Douglas J. Feith

Douglas J. Feith, a senior fellow at Hudson Institute, served as Under Secretary of Defense in the George W. Bush administration.

The president’s flip-flop on the war is a reminder that international commitments are only as strong as the character and the interests of the people who make them.
The Soviet Union’s collapse in 1991 had made the United States the world’s only remaining great power. Yet for many Americans, appreciation grew that problems overseas concern them and can hurt them.
And how support for a Jewish state is eminently compatible with American patriotism.
Each side in such a conflict has an interest in understanding its adversary’s society—its aspirations, needs and internal composition. The enemy’s “home front” can be the war’s most important theater.
What the current administration did by its announcement reinforced two messages: that America is closely attached to Israel, and that the historical connection of Israel with the land is strong and significant.