Be sure to Click LIKE at the bottom of this commentary, and share it everywhere!! By Craig Andresen – The National Patriot – Commentary

Where are they now? Why have we heard nothing from the anti-Israel, pro-Hamas asylum of higher indoctrination vile campus clowns who have been screaming for a cease-fire in Gaza?

It’s because they have been proven to be the proverbial dogs chasing a car and they don’t know what to do with it once they get it. That’s one reason for the deafening silence. The other is that the two men they have been paid to hate the most…President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu are responsible for the sudden outbreak of a cease-fire in a war that lasted two long years.

In other words, the car the proxy hounds of Hamas have been chasing just turned around and ran them over.

The media has been heaping praise upon President Trump for the better part of a week now for doing what Biden’s autopen could never do…ending the war between Israel and Hamas and getting the remaining hostages, both dead and alive back from the terrorists in Gaza, with a blueprint for a lasting and potentially much broader peace plan that, if successful, will be historic by epic proportions, and they are not wrong in that regard, but they’re only half right.

What President Trump has done, he has not done alone.

Sure, President Trump had a great team including diplomats, negotiators, military and more at his side working each and every aspect of the plan to get things to the point at which we now find the situation, but he also had the only equal partner on the planet without whom none of this would have been possible…Bibi Netanyahu.

The status quo had always been that one of Iran’s proxies would open fire on Israel, Israel would hit back, maybe a bit more than proportionately but always with a large dose of restraint, the international band of buffoons at the U.N. would condemn Israel and whoever occupied the White House over the decades would tell Israel to “calm down,” and lay off.

Rinse and repeat.

This time it was different. Hamas, one of Iran’s proxies actually invaded Israel and tried to commit genocide. Make no mistake, in spite of left wing lunatic claims, Israel was not committing genocide in Gaza…Israel was RESPONDING to an act of war and the attempted genocide PREPETRAITED BY Hamas. When it happened two years ago, both Biden and his autopen were beyond useless, and whoever was running the circus in the White House (more than likely, Obama) was rooting for the terrorists over Israel. Well, Netanyahu wasn’t having it. He knew that Biden was more useless than tits on a bull, and he knew that the response to what Iran’s proxy did could NOT be either proportional, nor restrained.

War had been declared against Israel, and Netanyahu, the world’s last great statesman knew it would be impolite not to accept the invitation.

For the first 15 months of the war, it wasn’t just Israel v. Hamas, it was Netanyahu v. the world’s terrorist ass-kissers and Israel’s Prime Minister didn’t just show resolve, he stood strong with brass balls knowing that if Israel blinked, Israel would be lost forever. Netanyahu not only withstood the all-too familiar condemnation of the United Nations of Thugs, Thieves and Despots, he also cleaned out members of his own cabinet who didn’t want to upset the status quo while maintaining a relentless pressure against Hamas and the rest of Iran’s proxies. To be sure, Netanyahu was ready to go it alone, all the way if he had to, but that all changed in late January, 2025.

Enter the Artist of the Deal.

After a disastrous four years of non-leadership, the U.S. was back, and so too was President Trump. In his first trip abroad of his second term, President Trump headed straight to the Middle East to meet with the Arab leaders, and during that trip, not only did Trump secure trade deals and trillions of dollars worth of investments from those leaders, he was also playing chess. Those deals, and those investments came with a caveat, or an ultimatum if you will…turn your backs on Iran and their proxies or the U.S. will turn our back on you. Trump knew that instability in the region was harming the Arab nations economically, and he also knew that the Arab leaders respected strength more than platitudes. By going to them, and not going to Israel on that trip, Trump knew he could lay the foundation for broader stability in the region and forge new and stronger alliances not only for the U.S., but also for Israel.

I believe Netanyahu also was well-aware of the chess game his old friend was playing and understood the long-term benefit such a mission would bring, and while Trump played chess, Netanyahu continued to rain havoc against the enemies of Israel, and the enemies of the civilized world.

The old status quo dictated that Israel would not hit hospitals, schools, or other civilian targets, but the new doctrine removed the cuffs and Netnyahu knew full-well that hospitals, schools and other civilian targets were where Iran’s proxies hid their rockets, used as command and control centers, and from where they staged attacks against Israel’s civilian population. Those targets were no longer off limits and for the most part, Netanyahu brought the receipts when faced with the inevitable condemnation.

While President Trump resupplied and enhanced Israel’s defenses, Israel continued the offensive against any foolish enough to try and eliminate Israel from the face of the map, but there was one part of the scenario that Israel needed a little bit more help to control…Iran’s nearly complete nuclear arms program.

The old status quo would dictate that the U.S. would never, under any circumstances, launch an attack against the head of the snake…Iran…but the new doctrine came with new rules. Iran had long flaunted the U.N.’s paper tiger that said Iran could not enrich uranium past a certain point to make it weapon’s grade, and they got away with it because Obama and his pro-Iran nuke deal gave the world’s leading sponsor of terrorism free-reign to make and drop nukes on Israel. Trump, in his first term, shredded that deal and slapped crippling sanctions on Iran only to be followed by Biden who again, (and again I believe under the direction of Obama) reignited the Iranian nuclear weapons program.

This time around, with President Trump in the Oval, he gave Iran 60 days to dismantle their program or he’d do it for them. They didn’t, so on day 61, he did.

Not only did Operation Midnight Hammer send an unmistakable message to Iran, FAFO, it also sent an unmistakable message to the Arab leaders that the U.S. was back, and meant business. It was a bunker-busting explosive chess move the likes of which was once thought to be impossible, and certainly against the dictates of the old status quo.

New Sheriff, new doctrine…message delivered, message received.

Under the new Trump doctrine, the strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities from 30,000 feet while epically meaningful, would have been virtually meaningless without three things done by Bibi Netanyahu. First, well before the bunker buster strike against Iran, Netanyahu reached out and touched Hamas leadership and operatives with a coordinated exploding pager strike showing Iran and their proxies that Israel could, and would hit the terrorist command and control entities in ways never before imagined. Second was Netanyahu’s surgical strike inside of Qatar taking out more of the Hamas leadership, a move the old status quo would have never allowed and which drew what I believed to be a rather staged and soft-sold admonishment from the U.S.. And third, Netanyahu’s recent ground offensive against Hamas in Gaza City in September.

Once again, Prime Minister Netanyahu showed the world that the old status quo had been replaced by a new doctrine and U.S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio made the point perfectly clear when, in a press conference with Netanyahu he said, the US preferred a negotiated end to the war, but that “sometimes when you’re dealing with a group of savages like Hamas, that’s not possible”.

At that point, it became evident that Israel was not going to stop unless Hamas agreed to a “peace plan,” and set the stage for such a plan, put forth by Trump and agreed to by Netanyahu to be introduced with an ultimatum…Hamas was to accept the plan, lay down their weapons and return all hostages dead or alive…or be obliterated.

Personally, I would have been fine with simply obliterating Hamas and having Israel move back into what I believe has been rightfully theirs all along, but I also understand the complex nature of the situation and can see where the obliteration option could well be a short duration solution to a much longer term problem…and by longer term problem I mean 3,000 years of regional and tribal warfare. The old status quo has been responsible for allowing the mechanism for continued tribal and regional wars in place, but the new doctrine, if successful, is a quantum shift in the dynamic.

So, where does all of this leave the region today?

Well, the groundwork was laid in Trump’s first term with the Abraham Accords designed to bring stability to the region, but the foundation for a future of increased stability, prosperity and perhaps peace is what we’re witnessing now. In a region where strength is respected, and weakness is an open invitation to terrorism and instability, the new doctrine makes clear that those who seek conquest via vacuums of power created through weakness may have been on the right side of terrorist history, but they are decidedly on the wrong side of a stable, prosperous and peaceful future. Nations, Arab or otherwise who have signed on to the Abraham Accords have seen the light, and I believe that what we’re about to see will be a blinding flash of that light with many more joining the new doctrine’s future in short order.

Those who desire the old status quo and the weak and feckless guidance of the U.N. that champions terrorist actors while condemning those who dare to fight back will soon find themselves on the outside, isolated and looking in. Are you listening U.N.? Are you listening Jordan? Are YOU listening Qatar. Egypt, Saudi Arabia and others? But it’s more than just those Accords. It’s also the new economic doctrine. There are bad actors outside the region as well…Russia, China, the UK, France and others who have openly and willingly sided against Israel in this two year war against Hamas. Do business with, or support terrorist organizations, terrorist sponsoring countries or bad actors who seek to exert control over the Middle East region for profit and power…you will soon find yourselves isolated from the world’s economy.

I believe steps are already being taken to form a regional alliance akin to NATO, in which joining Middle East partners and the U.S. will be sworn to protect fellow partners against any and all invasions, incursions or military actions with overwhelming and immediate force.

Peace through Strength.

To that end, last Friday, October 10^th, Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth announced that Qatar will have an Air Force facility in Idaho where pilots will train on how to fly the F-15. While I’m not exactly thrilled at the concept, once again the complex nature of future relations comes into play. IF, and it is a big if, Qatar joins the Abraham Accords and then signs on to defend Israel and/or other “member” nations against aggression from bad actors, having yet another capable Air Force that can engage in quick strike capability might be a benefit, BUT…those pilots MUST be deeply and completely vetted by the U.S. before they get ANY F-15 training.

Trust, but Verify doesn’t even begin to cover it. Keep your friends (Israel) close and your enemies (Qatar) closer is probably closer to reality but personally, I wouldn’t teach Qatari pilots how to make paper airplanes much less how to fly f-15’s.

Finally, we have reached a potentially historic point in the Middle East, a framework for stability and a possible end to endless attempts to wipe Israel and Jews from the map. It’s a point in time simply not possible without BOTH President Trump AND Prime Minister Netanyahu, and while it deserves to be celebrated, it must also be viewed through the lens of reality. It won’t hold up. It won’t last. Not because of Israel, not because of Netanyahu or Trump, but because the enemies of the civilized world, those who seek the elimination of Israel and the Jewish people from the face of the world will not stop.

They will pause, they will rearm, they will forge new strategies and they will do what they have always done…they will strike again.

While I hope that I am wrong…history shows, and I’m afraid the future will prove me right.

That’s the bottom line.

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