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Why Israel?
I have a legitimate question and I'm posing it in an effort to gain knowledge and understanding. There is no antisemitic sediment involved in any way and I would hope we could discuss the topic in that manor as well.
With that being said my question is this - why do we support Israel to the extent we do? It would seem to fly in the face of simple logic. A country a tad bigger than Seattle that has no natural resources to speak of is the enemy of the country(s) we get our current most precious resource from.
Persians have a saying, "the enemy of my enemy is my friend." I'm not advocating action against Israel in any form. I just don't understand why we come to her defense to our own detriment at times. I know they are a valuable ally and the only stable democracy in the region and perhaps that is the answer to the question in and of itself but why do we recognize Israels sovereignty and right to exist over the Palestinians. Why did we side with Israel against Egypt, Syria, Iran, Iraq and the United Arab Emirates to name a few?
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