Kvetch said:
CrackerJackAg said:
The State of Israel does not represent religious Jewry any more than Italy does Catholicism.
It is OK to criticize the secular State of Israel.
It is undeniable we have acted in Israel's interest heavily in the just 45 years. You don't need conspiracy to see that.
If someone tells me to read the Bible when discussing the secular state of Israel I just can't…. That is weapons grade stupid. Not everyone is a whacky Christian Dispensationalist trying to bring about the third temple and return of Christ through the Secular State of Israel.
You are 1/4 step away from bringing up Gog and Magog.
You realize that our interests and Israel's interests can be aligned, right? "Acting in Israel's interest" is a cop out to remove our agency and blame everything on Israel. We act in our own interest. We are the world hegemon. There are tons of things that Israel has wanted to do over the years that we've kept them from doing.
Your argument is lazy. You're free to criticize Israeli government policy. The reason antisemitism gets thrown out there is because the default for people that don't like Israel is to posit that if we do anything in their interest it's because they subvert us or control us. It's complete and utter nonsense.
That is one of the stupidest things I've ever heard anybody say
Obviously, our interest can align with anybody. No ***** Our interest aligned with the Saudi's and sometimes our interest even align with Russia at times.
That is some kindergarden level, no crap, thinking on your part that wants to reduce everything to the simplest possible level because you have a pro Isreal standpoint.
I think it's honestly the disingenuous, dishonest policy makers, and people in general, who can't just say it
Ted Cruz flat out, said it and he got eviscerated so understand why people are scared to do so but you should all have the balls to at least say it.
Which is fine because for the most part, I have a pro Isreal mentality culturally, despite the fact I'm also able to see that 70% of the **** we do in the Middle East is based around Israel
If Isreal didn't exist, we probably have little to nothing to do with the Middle East military on a consistent basis.
I think there's nothing wrong with also admitting that having Isreal as a "friend" has cost us trillions of dollars. It has probably led to the de-Christianification of the Middle East, 9/11 etc…
There's also nothing wrong with saying that Jewish policy has a disproportionate amount of influence in our government
You can be pro Jewish and also admit all those other things and just say that it's worth it to you