[Michael2001]

Evangelicals don't support Israel because we hope to get praise from Jews, we support Israel because it is the right thing to do.

Maybe I'm reading more into your posts than what is said, but I don't think so. Almost every time I see you on an Israel thread, you don't even comment on the topic posted, instead you post something about Jewish Communists or Jewish leftists.

If you want to start a thread about Jewish Communists or about how leftist Jews in America are go ahead, it is obviously the issue that you find to be the most important, but don't interject that topic into other issues. I'll give you a hint: "Saudi Newspaper claims that Jews use non-Jewish baby blood to make Matzoh balls" has nothing to do with Jewish communists.

[LarryLied]

The political opinions of those discussed in a thread are revelent. This is a political forum after all.

But lets say I agree with you. We will leave political inclinations out of the discussion. Let's have threads about black Americans and not mention Gore got 91% of their vote. Let's have threads about the NAACP and not mention its socialist history. Let's talk about Barbara Lee (D-Ca) and not bring up her ties to the CPUSA. We should not point out that Southerners tend to be pro-state's rights. We can have threads on feminism too and ignore Friedan was a card carry member of the CPUSA. When we talk about lawyers, we can ignore the history of the Lawyer Guild and what the agenda of the Trial Lawyers is. When we discuss Catholics, let us not say anything about the Church's history of opposing socialism.

Free Republic will be sure a better place if no one is allowed to point out or comment on the obvious. We can play pretend.

Of course I know evangelicals don't expect anything back for supporting Israel. That doesn't mean those watching from the sidelines should not point out the ingratitude.