Safeguard Israel's Security in a Volatile Region.

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Safeguard Israel's Security in a Volatile Region

By Elliot Abrams

Text: http://www.cfr.org/israel/safeguarding-israels-security-volatile-region/p29072

Reviewed by Norvell DeAtkine

Dr. Abrams, a fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, presented a succinct and allencompassing review of the turmoil in the Middle East, putting it in context of the increasing threat to the security of Israel. While not as imminent a threat to the United States as Israel, the title could well have been safeguarding American security.

Taking a panoramic view of the Middle East, Abrams noted the following: the jihadi forces taking over the Syrian revolutionary forces; the iffy situation in Egypt, in which the Muslim Brotherhood after decades of often violent struggle have attained power, with an even more radical Salafi organization waiting in the wings; and an unpredictable Iranian regime edging closer to having nuclear weapons.

In expanding on the situation in Egypt, Abrams reminded the congressmen that after decades of often violent struggle against the Egyptian governments, the Muslim Brotherhood and Egypt's new president have not had sudden epiphanies and transformed into Jeffersonian democrats. With the demise of the...