The Institute for the American Future believes that the United States faces a determined effort by three forces to destroy Western civilization and this country as its preeminent defender.
We call it the Totalitarian Trifecta made up of Chinese Communists and their allies, Sharia-supremacists and globalists. They have different end-states in mind; each intends to bring about a new “world order” in which they will be in charge. They are, however, prepared to work together – and are doing so – in order to remove the principal impediment to the realization of those ambitions: America.
It is in the vital interest of the United States to defeat such enemies.
Each of them is also an enemy of Israel and committed to her destruction, as well, since Israel is in the frontlines of their war against the civilized world. For our mutual enemies, destroying her is a first-step to destroying us.
As a result, we have a shared interest in the defeat of such enemies. And where the Israelis are engaged in it, we should be helping them achieve it decisively. That is not “putting Israel first.” That is a recognition that America can usefully have others advance shared interests, which is a fundamental principle of the Trump Doctrine.
The question is: Can the United States rely on enemies of this country to advance our interests? Particularly when such a reliance requires us to prevent the Israelis from actually defeating their enemies and ours, it is counterproductive and ill-advised.
The Institute for the American Future rejects attempts to defend or otherwise excuse anti-Semitism in all its forms, including rhetorical attacks on the government of Israel or its leaders as surrogates for attacking Jews. America, of course, can, and does, retain the sovereign right to disagree on matters of policy with any foreign government. Where their interests and ours fundamentally align, however, we should pursue wherever possible collaboration, rather than undermining our friends and enabling their enemies, and ours.