I appreciate and respect the pragmatism of your sentiments. Here is why Gaza/Israel/Iran/Hezbollah matter to me: In my lifetime I have watched the U.S. bail on several far flung wars du jour. While these were ill-conceived and dishonorably concluded, none of the counties in question was a first-world highly developed country. The relatio…
I appreciate and respect the pragmatism of your sentiments. Here is why Gaza/Israel/Iran/Hezbollah matter to me: In my lifetime I have watched the U.S. bail on several far flung wars du jour. While these were ill-conceived and dishonorably concluded, none of the counties in question was a first-world highly developed country. The relationship between Israel and the U.S. has been longstanding and arguably as deep as our relationship to NATO. Israel is now in a very real existential crisis and if it fails, the standing of the U.S. will plummet in the eyes of our other near-peer comparable allies, e.g. Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. Those countries matter in ways that Afghanistan and Iraq never did. The BRICs countries are committed to converting the world away from the U.S. dollar reserve based economy. The perceived unreliability of the U.S. as an ally to a country like Israel would be a long stride toward losing our status as world economic hegemon. Not that long ago the Pound Sterling was the world's reserve currency, a status it lost as the British Empire declined. From a practical standpoint, if the U.S. Dollar is ever likewise dethroned, concerns about groceries, housing, etc. will grow exponentially. I am not Jewish, but given the way the chess board is arrayed, our fate is linked to Israel's.
This is all true. The Jews have always been the canaries in the coal mine of the west. And we have an administration that empowered and funded Iran, then told Israel this the last time they’ll come to their aid. It doesn’t bode well for anyone if Iran is free to run ripshod over the region.
Yet another reason to back Ukraine. Putin & Xi have the dollar squarely in their sites. An America that is perceived as unreliable is a danger, to itself.
Oh I agree with you - it's more that this has now becoming a grousing point on the far left to the exclusion of all else (I am centre/left of centre) and it is driving efforts to derail anything that is deemed even remotely supportive of Israel.
I appreciate and respect the pragmatism of your sentiments. Here is why Gaza/Israel/Iran/Hezbollah matter to me: In my lifetime I have watched the U.S. bail on several far flung wars du jour. While these were ill-conceived and dishonorably concluded, none of the counties in question was a first-world highly developed country. The relationship between Israel and the U.S. has been longstanding and arguably as deep as our relationship to NATO. Israel is now in a very real existential crisis and if it fails, the standing of the U.S. will plummet in the eyes of our other near-peer comparable allies, e.g. Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. Those countries matter in ways that Afghanistan and Iraq never did. The BRICs countries are committed to converting the world away from the U.S. dollar reserve based economy. The perceived unreliability of the U.S. as an ally to a country like Israel would be a long stride toward losing our status as world economic hegemon. Not that long ago the Pound Sterling was the world's reserve currency, a status it lost as the British Empire declined. From a practical standpoint, if the U.S. Dollar is ever likewise dethroned, concerns about groceries, housing, etc. will grow exponentially. I am not Jewish, but given the way the chess board is arrayed, our fate is linked to Israel's.
This is all true. The Jews have always been the canaries in the coal mine of the west. And we have an administration that empowered and funded Iran, then told Israel this the last time they’ll come to their aid. It doesn’t bode well for anyone if Iran is free to run ripshod over the region.
Yet another reason to back Ukraine. Putin & Xi have the dollar squarely in their sites. An America that is perceived as unreliable is a danger, to itself.
Oh I agree with you - it's more that this has now becoming a grousing point on the far left to the exclusion of all else (I am centre/left of centre) and it is driving efforts to derail anything that is deemed even remotely supportive of Israel.