If it was the other way around whould it have bothered you the same?
I just don't get it...Why should American Jews have a connection to a foreign power in the political or land sense of the word...Your asking for some special status of all others...
To me, that kind of logic creates two masters. I don't see why you can't be a devout Jew and have no connection with Israel. I mean, God, if one exists has no land in this vast known universe, he can be worshipped anywhere.
And as you very well know, there are Orthodxx Jews that would agree with most of my setiment in this post..