Kasz216 said:
Possibly. I don't know. Without them we really wouldn't have an influence in the area.... plus in general the US more then any other country seems to care about taking care of jewish people after the Holocaust. (Odd since we were on the other side of the world.) A lot of people suggest it's because of all the jewish people who moved here and that the Jewish lobby is one of the biggest in politics. Which... i'm not sure how... what with 3% of the population.
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From what I have seen, it is groups like the Evangelicals who lobby for involvement is Israel as much or more than Jewish people in America. Or maybe they or just more visual. Regardless, they have far more clout than the Jews. And Jews tend to be reliably Democratic, and Democrats tend to be the anti-war party.
It does kind of give us an "in" in the Middle East, but what have we done in the Middle East that hasn't resulted in some major backlash or some kind of catastrophe.
Iran Contra? Iraq War? Supporting corrupt regimes in Israel? Leaving military troops stationed in Muslim holy land? Everytime we start messing around in the Middle East we just make another mess.
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