Why should we support Israel?

Just wondering. US support of Israel brings the US nothing but grief from Middle Eastern countries.

Peace between Palestine and Israel will never be attained through the use of force. Decades of war and bloodshed has made this abundantly clear (at least to those of us who aren't fighting in this futile conflict)
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So why should the US dirty its hands supporting one side or the other? We are already unpopular enough. If Israel and Palestine want to kill one another in the name of god (or holy cities, take your pick), why should we further alienate the Arab world by taking sides?
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thanks, Debi. your answer is more retarded and thoughtless than anything I anticipated.

tiko

I'm from Canada, but actually our current government supports Israel's aggression too. I think we, in both Canada and the US, should not support Israel any more than we should support a free Palestine--or Lebanon. Right now, Israel is the aggressor--and it's all because Hezbollah kidnapped 2 Israeli soldiers to bargain for the release of prisoners.

My advice is for all Americans and Canadians to watch the BBC or other UK news. At least they will show the destruction in Lebanon, and they won't have that pro Israel bias.

Brad Morris

Where should they go? Back to Auschwitz?

Dan S

Israel is the only democracy in the middle east. arabs did 9/11.
U.S. is fighting arab terrorism in iraq & afghanistan. & muslim terror worldwide. give in there & we will be fighting them in the U.S. shortly. britain did not run away from hitler and the u.s. did not sue for peace right after pearl harbor. why are we chickening out now?
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Joel M

read the bible, we support the people and the land of god

theresa

you shouldn't.. they're just screwing around in the middle east and the u.s and them are taking the blame. so the u.s. should just stop and all this **** would stop happening

bird_brain_88

The U.S. should be supporting Israel because they are a peaceful nation of people who only respond to attacks from others. Israel only attacks others in direct response to other's attacking Israel first. Israel has a fair policy of performing three times as much damage to the aggressor as the aggessor has inflcted upon Isreal. The goal of that policy is to teach the aggressor that they will lose by attacking Israel. I fully support that policy as a fair doctrine for the right of anyone to defend themselves.

I disagree with why Bush supports Israel, but I completely support his support of Israel.

As best stated the other day.

If you took all the weapons out of Lebanon, the Israeli's would go home and everyone will live peacfully.

If you took all the weapons out of Israel, the arab's would go to Israel and start another holocaust with no one living peacefully.

Foir that reason alone, we should always fully support those who support peace.

R J

Why do you want to cozy up to a bunch of theocratic "hand-choppers" women whipping, corrupt monarchies and fascist dictators who enslave their people.

I'd rather have the only successful democracy in that region, one who has a booming economy in a former desert without the benefit of oil profits, as an ally.

Scre.w what the "arab street" thinks...

The US supports free democratic societies and all US allies, Israel is both.

Debi L

Read your Bible and know why...........................

frank w

too much to read man . not cool

soxrcat

We should support Israel because it is a sovereign, democratic ally of the USA. The problem with the Palestinians is an issue within the state of Israel, settled by the partition vote of the U.N. in 1948.

js3971

yeah, what Debi L said, actually there is a blessing upon nations who help and support Israel, and a curse against those who don't, especially in the last days, which we are more than clearly in

Elerth Morrow â„¢

I completely agree. The support of Israel is only validated because we helped set up the country. I am not anti-Semitic, like some who have answered this question, but I believe that if we don't support Israel, not only will they win the war, but we will look better to the Arabs. I hope I provided intelligent conversation.

I support Israel

Yesterday I had a corned-beef sandwich at a Kosher deli

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