Ukraine vs. Israel
The reaction in the US to an attack upon Israel is fundamentally different from the reaction in the US to an attack upon Ukraine.
For some reason leaders in both major parties view any threat to Israel as a fundamental threat to the "security" of the US, and Israel has been the #1 recipient of our foreign aid since WW2.
I think this support for Israel must be related to the number of Jewish people living in the US, and the major-party competition for their votes. There are an estimated 15 million people in the US who identify as Jewish in some way or whose families include at least one Jewish person.
There are some on the Left who identify more with the Palestinian struggle than with the Jewish State. I try to take a more neutral stance -- here are two groups of people who are fighting over the same land -- I wish they'd stop fighting over it and join together in a democratic state that welcomes diversity and takes care of all residents equally, regardless of religion or ethnicity. But I live far away, I know nobody who lives there, I have never visited.
Some talk of a two-state solution, Israel and Palestine side by side, and if that could work, fine, but drawing up a fair border between these two states that both sides would support and police effectively would be quite the trick.
My dream of a global parliamentary social democracy with liberty, justice, and provision for all is quite a dream.
For some reason leaders in both major parties view any threat to Israel as a fundamental threat to the "security" of the US, and Israel has been the #1 recipient of our foreign aid since WW2.
I think this support for Israel must be related to the number of Jewish people living in the US, and the major-party competition for their votes. There are an estimated 15 million people in the US who identify as Jewish in some way or whose families include at least one Jewish person.
There are some on the Left who identify more with the Palestinian struggle than with the Jewish State. I try to take a more neutral stance -- here are two groups of people who are fighting over the same land -- I wish they'd stop fighting over it and join together in a democratic state that welcomes diversity and takes care of all residents equally, regardless of religion or ethnicity. But I live far away, I know nobody who lives there, I have never visited.
Some talk of a two-state solution, Israel and Palestine side by side, and if that could work, fine, but drawing up a fair border between these two states that both sides would support and police effectively would be quite the trick.
My dream of a global parliamentary social democracy with liberty, justice, and provision for all is quite a dream.