WILL, CARLEY WITH, PETE, BACK TO
YOU.
WILL: THANK YOU, ALEX.
LET’S BRING IN DADE -- DAVID
GREEN, FORMER AMBASSADOR TO
ISRAEL, TO ADDRESS THE NEWS WE
JUST HEARD.
AMBASSADOR, THANKS FOR BEING
WITH US.
>> THANKS, WILL.
WILL: LET’S START, PERHAPS, THE
NEWS OF AIR SPACE BEING OPENED
UP OVER SAUDI ARABIA FOR FLIGHTS
TO AND FROM ISRAEL.
THE SAUDIS SAY NOT SIGNIFICANT.
PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYS SIGNIFICANT
ACCOMPLISHMENT.
WHICH IS IT?
>> IT’S NOT SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE
WE WERE FLYING OVER -- I’VE
FLOWN OVER SAUDI ARABIA LOTS OF
TIMES ALREADY ON THE WAY TO ABU
DHABI, BAHRAIN ARE, ON THE WAY
TO DUBAI.
AND I THINK MOST SIGNIFICANTLY I
DON’T THINK THE SAUDIS
THEMSELVES, YOU KNOW, VIEW AS
INCIDENT. -- SIGNIFICANT.
THEY’VE MADE IT CLEAR THAT THIS
HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANY
NORMALIZATION OR RECONCILIATION
WITH ISRAEL, SO THEY’VE WALKED
IT BACK ALREADY, YOU KNOW?
BY THE TIME THE PRESIDENT WAS ON
AIR FORCE ONE,-BEING WALKED
BACK.
SO, NO, IT’S NOT SIGNIFICANT,
AND I THINK WE WOULD EXPECT MUCH
MORE IN THE FUTURE WITH THAT
RELATIONSHIP.
PETE: MR. AMBASSADOR, YOU LOOK
AT THIS FOUR-DAY TRIP IN A
REGION YOU’VE SPENT A GREAT DEAL
OF TIME IN.
YOU WERE A PART OF THE ABRAHAM
ACCORDS.
THERE COULD HAVE BEEN
FOLLOW-THROUGH ON THAT.
WHAT’S YOUR BIG TAKEAWAY?
IF.
>> MISSED OPPORTUNITY ON EVERY
LEVEL.
I MEAN, PRESIDENT BIDEN WOULDN’T
GO TO THE WESTERN WALL WHICH IS
THE ICONIC SYMBOL OF THE JEWISH
PEOPLE IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL.
PRESIDENT TRUMP DID THAT ON HIS
FIRST TRIP TO ISRAEL, BIDEN
WOULDN’T GO.
WHAT DOES HE DO INSTEAD?
HE GOES TO A HOSPITAL IN
JERUSALEM, TAKES DOWN DOWN THE
ISRAELI FLAG AND REFUSES TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT A JERUSALEM IS
FULLY THE CAPITAL OF ISRAEL SO
RIGHT AWAY INSULTS THE ISRAELIS.
THE ISRAELIS WERE LOOKING FOR
MORE ON IRAN.
LA FIELD, WHO’S NO HAWK --
LAPID, SAYS THERE HAS TO BE A
CREDIBLE THREAT OF FORCE
INDICATED FROM BIDEN.
THE PALESTINIANS, AS SOON AS
BIDEN LEAVES TOWN, WITHIN
MINUTES THEY’RE FIRING ROCKETS
INTO ISRAEL, SENDING THE SIGNAL,
YOU KNOW, WE’RE NOT HAPPY.
SO HE REALLY GOT NOTHING DONE IN
ISRAEL, NOTHING -- THE BODY
LANGUAGE WAS GOOD BECAUSE
ISRAELIS LOVE AMERICANS, AND
THEY’LL ALWAYS ARE RESPECT THE
AMERICAN PRESIDENT, BUT BEYOND
THAT, HE DIDN’T GET MUCH DONE.
THEN HE GOES TO SAUDI ARABIA
WITH, RIGHT, AND GETS NOTHING ON
OIL, GETS NOTHING ON IRAN, YOU
KNOW?
BY ALL ACCOUNTS THE SAUDIS ARE
NOW WALKING BARK AS WILL POINTED
OUT, THERE WASN’T, THERE REALLY
WASN’T ANYTHING DONE WITH THE
AIR SPACE THAT HADN’T BEEN DONE
BEFORE.
SO, YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT THIS
FOUR DAYS OF WHAT THE PRESIDENT
DID, I’M REALLY HARD PRESSED TO
FIND AN ACCOMPLISHMENT.
CARLEY: IRAN HAS ENOUGH ENRICHED
URANIUM TO CREATE A NUCLEAR BOMB
IF THEY WANTED TO.
WHAT HAPPENS TO THE NUCLEAR
DEAL?
AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE
PRESIDENT IS PLEDGING TO NOT
ALLOW IRAN TO BECOME A
NUCLEAR-CAPABLE NATION.
IS THAT ON POSSIBLE?
>> WELL, IT’D BE POSSIBLE, I
THINK, IF THE PRESIDENT SHOWED
SOME RESOLVE.
BUT WHEN HE SAYS I’LL USE FORCE
AS A LAST RESORT, THAT’S KIND OF
A MEANINGLESS STATEMENT.
EVERY CIVILIZED COUNTRY USES
FORCE AS A LAST RESORT.
I DON’T THINK THE IRANIANS HEARD
ANYTHING OVER THE LAST FOUR DAYS
THAT GIVES THEM ANY PAUSE TO
RECONSIDER WHAT THEY’RE DOING.
NOW, IF HE WERE TO SAY, YOU
KNOW, UNITED STATES ISN’T
CREDIBLE ANYMORE POST
AFGHANISTAN, POST-UKRAINE, BUT
IF HE SAID I’M GOING TO AT LEAST
GIVE THE ISRAELIS EVERYTHING
THEY NEED, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THE
ISRAELIS STILL HAVE CREDIBILITY
TO ACT AGAINST IRAN, THAT WOULD
HAVE BEEN SOMETHING.
BUT EVEN THERE HE, THE ISRAELIS
ENDED UP EMPTY HANDED.
WILL: WELL, MR. AMBASSADOR, WE
APPRECIATE YOU JUMPING ON WITH
US AND PUTTING THAT TRIP INTO
CONTEXT, WHAT WAS AND WAS NOT
ACCOMPLISHED.
PETE: YEAH.
SO MUCH YOU ACCOMPLISHED DURING
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION,
FRUSTRATING TO SEE MUCH OF IT
GOT SQUANDEREDDED --
>> THE OPPORTUNITIES HAVE NOT
BEEN ADVANCED.