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In reply to the discussion: PSA: Israel does not control the U.S. Government. [View all]DevonRex
(22,541 posts)to defend Israel. Yes, we are obligated. Because before, during, and especially after WW2 we did not let the displaced Jews come to the US. Neither did our allies in the war. We decided in favor of forming Israel, even though it meant taking land from an already existing country. We had our part in creating the problem in the middle east; therefore, we must protect what we created. The people we promised to protect. There. I said it. It was born out of antisemitism in part, in part out of the desire of some people to fulfill prophecy: Jewish, Christian, perhaps Muslim and definitely LDS.
No one will ever be able to prove how much of it was antisemitism; however, one only has to remember that Jewish refugees were turned away in the early years of the war, at a time when we already knew they were being treated horribly. That continued until the government could no longer deny knowing, until it was public knowledge - not about the horrors of the camps per se, but about the ghettos at least. But by that point few could escape, either. Very convenient for our immigration policy, don't you think?
I certainly do not agree with Netanyahu. But we made our bed decades ago at the expense of 2 peoples whose descendants deserve much better. I wish we could give them better. Both of them. Maybe wave a magic wand or something. That's what it'll take.