“The Levant … Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon – it’d also be big parts of Saudi Arabia and Iraq,” Carlson said.
Huckabee said: “I’m not sure it would go that far, but it would be a big piece of land.”
He continued: “Israel is a land that God gave, through Abraham, to a people that he chose. It was a people, a place and a purpose.”
Pressed by Carlson on whether Israel has the right to that land, Huckabee responded: “It would be fine if they took it all.”
Headline is exaggerated; he’s only talking about the west side of the Middle East, so their buddies on the Persian gulf aren’t included.
That being said, if Israel goes the way of becoming an empire, it’s a region next door that’s both absurdly rich and defenseless. And with every other military power in the region being ground down, that looks like more and more of a long-term possibility.
I’m sorry but West Middle East just sounds to me like middle with extras.
And then the middle kingdom is China, and New Zealand is Middle Earth, all while being further east yet.