Alliances between countries are critical. Our worldwide partnerships lighten the burden of our co-existence by making friends of our enemies. They are the peace mechanisms for the world. When alliances break down or never materialize, “wars and rumors of wars” become the twitter headlines.

Alliances are critical to our survival. That should be obvious to us in this 21st century. Today, it would seem that the lack of diplomacy and experience has caused the world order to shift. Alliances once deemed essential are now weakened or falling apart. Trade with our continental partners, Mexico and Canada, have been dangerously disruptive. Poorly managed shifts in trade alliances with China are panicking our stock market. Countries like Iran and North Korea seem bent on war as their only option to get a bigger piece of the world-market.

Israel knew all about the failure of alliances.