On Thursday, at the meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, President Donald Trump unveiled his peace agreement for Gaza. The plan involves standing up a Board of Peace for Gaza, and President Trump seems to have the support of a bunch of national leaders from Europe.
President Donald Trump unveiled his Board of Peace on Thursday, with world leaders signing on to pursue a lasting agreement for Gaza.
Trump inaugurated the board during a speech and signing ceremony at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
"Once this board is completely formed, we can do pretty much whatever we want to do. And we'll do it in conjunction with the United Nations," Trump said in a statement.
"This isn’t the United States, this is for the world," he added. "I think we can spread it out to other things as we succeed in Gaza."
Here's where some skepticism is warranted: The League of Nations and the United Nations also started on such a hopeful note. And the signatories of this new Board of Peace are absent some key players in the Old World:
Trump noted that most of the 59 leaders signed onto the deal are "very popular," but others were "not so popular."
"That's the way it goes," he said.
Notably absent from the board was Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has said Moscow is discussing membership with Russia's "strategic partners."
Russia has one primary strategic partner we should be keenly aware of: China. Without those two nations on board, and we shouldn't expect them to be interested in any circumstances, the benefit of this deal, which is still worth doing, may be limited to Gaza.
The U.K. also has yet to join the board because the legal treaty "brings up much broader issues," the country's foreign secretary said.
"And we do also have concerns about President Putin being part of something which is talking about peace, when we have still not seen any signs from Putin that there will be a commitment to peace in Ukraine," U.K. Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper told the BBC.
Norway, Sweden, and France have also declined to be a part of the deal.
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This deal is still a fine feather in President Trump's cap. One might even say, it's a big, beautiful feather, and if the new Board of Peace can make any lasting peace in Gaza stick, then the president's legacy as a peace president should be secure. Of course, Hamas, which Israel is still rooting out of Gaza, may have other plans. Any peace deal made with Hamas or similar groups should be viewed as strictly temporary. These goblins have always used any peaceful interlude to rearm, re-equip, lay in supplies, recruit, and plan their next atrocity.
Peace deals are great. Sometimes they even work. They're always worth doing. But the United States should also view any peaceful interim as a chance to sharpen our swords, because there will be another fight in time - there always is another fight, sooner or later. Fortunately, in Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, President Trump seems to have the right guy to get that done.
George Santayana's caution still applies: Only the dead have seen the end of war.
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