[nathanbedford]

If anything the strategic outlook for Israel is grimmer now than it was 11 years ago when this piece was written. Krauthammer was crying out seemingly in anguish at the prospect of loss of the national identity of the country which expresses his own ethnic and religious DNA.

If anything this is a cry of anguish, a lament against diversity. The purpose of Israel is to grant sovereignty to a religious and ethnic group. But what about my anguish? Why should my DNA be swept away in the name of diversity? If Krauthammer's DNA can express his religious heritage, what about my religious heritage? What about my cultural, racial, political, linguistic, and constitutional heritage?

Why should this be swept away in the name of diversity while no one weeps?

[Alberta's Child]

That’s an excellent post. I’ve long believed that Israel’s key weakness would be an internal fragmentation over the nature of Judaism and its proper role in a modern state. Is this really any different than the internal philosophical conflicts that resulted in a post-Christian Europe?