Originally Posted by BKom Originally Posted by

I have to remind people that this is one of just a few little corners of the United States where Israel is seen as the devil.



I never see any complaints about our "special relationship" with Great Britain, which has been quite deleterious to our national interest, while screwing over the Irish at every turn. And I don't see a lot of complaints about the money we hand to Pakistan, Egypt, the Palestinian Authority, and about a dozen other Arab/Islamic countries. But give a loan guarantee to Israel and there's hell to pay.



Frankly, we shouldn't be giving anyone any money, foreign or domestic. But the real target here is always the Devil, Israel.



I wonder why that is? Actually, I don't wonder why that is. I have been involved in a couple of Ron's campaigns and have met enough of us to know exactly why that is. And it's pretty sickening. The virulence with which Ron's supporters attack Israel at every turn is part of the reason the media has been able to marginalize Ron over the years.



People have taken his positions and imprinted their prejudices on those positions. Heck, Justin Amash is no lover of Israel, and even he saw the security need to vote for this bill. Maybe he has information we don't? Nah, he's just a sellout. And I'm not much of a Rand fan, but he stands up and fights when it's important. This probably didn't seem like a smart place to stand and fight. But no, he's a sell out too.



People need to look in the mirror and figure out why you have this reaction to Israel in particular. Israel is not an angel and it's not the devil. But it is the only place in the world where Jews have a haven. The only place in the world where they won't someday be in jeopardy. And since its founding, Jews have, for the first time in recorded history, not been mass murdered or oppressed anywhere in the world without recourse. Should the U.S. be giving Israel loan guarantees? No. But stopping loan guarantees to Israel when they're handing money to countries all over the Middle East and North Africa is probably dumber.