[Age of Reason]

The vote was not about foreign aid, tax money or sending weapons. It was about declaring solidarity with Israel.

And why should our government declare solidarity (whatever that means) with Israel?

[KevinDavis]

Cause Israel is our friend...

[West Coast Conservative]

Israel is an ally who is fighting the same enemy we are.

I would think the answer is obvious...

[M203M4]

I dunno, but I’m pretty certain that Israel is not at all helped by America’s continued financing and lending of legitimacy to Israel’s (and, long term, America’s) greatest enemy - the United Nations.

[mnehring]

Because we are under a mutual defense treaty with Israel (signed in 1976 I believe) and the Constitution states that a treaty we sign is high law. If you don’t want to support Israel, you must Constitutionally break that treaty, through congressional action. Until then, the treaty is law.

[AmericaUnited]

And why should our government declare solidarity (whatever that means) with Israel?

You're right. We should abandon the only western democracy in the Middle East and support the Islamofacist regimes... /sarcasm