Qatar has hired Stonington Strategies to a $50K a month contract to strengthen its relationship with the US and build bridges to the Jewish community.
Nick Muzin, a doctor, lawyer and Republican strategist who is active in Jewish affairs, heads Stonington.
He was the driving force behind a coalition of more than 50 groups, including tea party, evangelical and Jewish organizations, to oppose the Iran nuclear deal.
"Engagement with Qatar can only be in the best interests of the United States and the Jewish community, as we cannot allow Qatar to be ostracized by its neighbors and pushed into Iran’s sphere of influence,” said Muzin.
So Qatar figures the best way to influence Arab states to drop their boycott of the Qataris is to influence Americans to pressure them to ease up, and the best way to influence Americans is to reach out to American Jews.
Isn't that interesting?
And the initial argument is that by Gulf states spurning Qatar, they are pushing Qatar into Iran's orbit.
But if Qatar doesn't want to be ostracized by the Gulf states, all it needs to do it distance itself from Iran. Instead, Qatar wants to spend $600K a year to keep its relationships with Iran intact through reaching out to those Jews, with all their control of America and the world.
Muzin is perfect for the job from Qatar's perspective: he's an Orthodox Jew, went to yeshivas in Toronto and Philadelphia and then to Yeshiva University, he's a lawyer and a doctor, and he has worked with the Trump campaign and transition team as well as with Ted Cruz' campaign and other prominent Republicans.