I would much rather that we focus on our border also.
However . . . The U.S., in the aftermath of WWII, and the global reorganization conducted by international organizations with the aim of preventing WWIII, agreed that the Jews would get back their land in Palestine. They offered the Arabs of Palastine a state also with Jerusalem as an international city. Naturally, they rejected that reasonable offer.
The U.S. took an obligation to defend Israel which was immediately attacked by the Arab nations surrounding it. Having secured that victory, we encouraged Israel to encourage Jews from around the world to return to Israel.
That was to be the solution to worldwide anti-Semitism, that the Jews would have a place to be safe.
As a libertarian isolationist, I would have preferred that the U.S. stay out of the European wars, and having not done that, stayed out of the particular version of the New World Order that followed. But, we did not, so we incurred an obligation to Israel.
We may never get out of that one. Muslims seem to have no interest in their own version of the the reformations that Jews and Christians went through to cast off the more medieval aspects of their religion. The 9th century suits the Muhameddans just fine, so long as they have access to 19th century killing technology like rockets and rifles.
There are ultra religious Jews and Muslims throughout the Middle East. As much as been well documented, there’s orthodox Jews who spit on Christian nuns. There are Jews who attack innocent people. Same thing can be said for Muslims. You have a good and bad.
Now, right off the bat, something to consider strongly is the liberalization of Saudi Arabia recently. And even well before that, you have secular, Muslim majority countries like turkey and Albania. In some parts of turkey it is illegal for a woman to cover her hair.
Also consider the Abraham accords brought to us by Donald Trump. Consider the fact that Israel is allied with Jordan and Egypt. It has been so for a long time.
One could’ve made the argument that a Jewish state should’ve been put in place in Germany. It was the third Reich that was responsible for the holocaust, and it was the Soviets, the English, the Americans, who liberated the concentration camp….and the Chinese, who paid the greatest price of blood in fighting the empire of Japan.
I believe World War II was the last righteous war America fought in. With no disrespect to our military or former presidents. But that’s what a lot of World War II veterans have said. We were attacked by the Empire of Japan at Pearl Harbor, some say it was a conspiracy, but that’s a hard sell…considering the ferocious strength of the empire of Japan. And so after Pearl Harbor Germany then declared war on America to support their Ally, the empire of Japan.
While some Muslims supported the axis cause in World War II, the overwhelming majority supported the allied cause, over 1 million Muslims served British India during World War II. All throughout North Africa, Iran and Turkey …Muslims protected Jews from the holocaust. The grand mosque of Paris during World War II served as a refugee site to protect Jews, who were hiding in the mosque from the Gestapo.
There’s also a high intermarriage rate amongst Muslims and Jews in America.
I know a Morrocan Jewish lady who absolutely loves her country Morocco.
