Foreign policy is about power, not morals.

There are three powers in the region. Iran Israel and Saudi Arabia. Losing Israel would mean that the US no longer wields nearly as much power in the region.

There’s a lot of nuance to it, but that is the gist of it.

Those in the room deflated. “Don’t our law, policy and morals demand it?” an attendee told me later, reflecting on the decision to once again capitulate. “What is the rationale of this approach? There is no explanation they can articulate.”