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To: SJackson
Maybe someone with more enlightenment than I can help me understand:

WHY must every president in modern memory feel compelled to involve himself and by extension the United States in the matter of Israel and the Palestinians?

This is Israel's local issue, just as illegals from Mexico is our own issue that doesn't merit meddling from any other country.

So why do we meddle with Israel's?

I have all the faith in the world that Israel can manage its affairs, including this one. They are perhaps THE best prepared and competent nation in the world at addressing this kind off issue. American involvement is not needed.

So what is our skin in the game supposed to be? What's our angle? Did we ever have one? And why would Trump repeat this pattern of failure?

3 posted on 03/15/2017 5:27:02 AM PDT by Ciaphas Cain (The choice to be stupid is not a conviction I am obligated to respect.)
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To: Ciaphas Cain

Because the Mossad and CIA control the puppets in Wash DC. or kill them. They are the Deep States jackboots.


5 posted on 03/15/2017 5:31:01 AM PDT by savagesusie (When Law ceases to be Just, it ceases to be Law. (Thomas A./Founders/John Marshall)/Nuremberg)
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To: Ciaphas Cain

One would think, given your ability to state the problem, that you would be smart enough to look a little deeper instead of concluding “a pattern of failure” is an answer.


9 posted on 03/15/2017 5:47:12 AM PDT by papertyger (The semantics define how we think.)
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To: Ciaphas Cain
WHY must every president in modern memory feel compelled to involve himself and by extension the United States in the matter of Israel and the Palestinians? This is Israel's local issue, just as illegals from Mexico is our own issue that doesn't merit meddling from any other country.

Good question. There are regional implications which could impact US security, but since the end of the cold war not overly significant. With the exception of GWB and Reagan, both of whom also interfered, I think post Nixon Presidents thought they were helping the persecuted from a situation was largely Israel's fault.

12 posted on 03/15/2017 5:13:24 PM PDT by SJackson (The Pilgrims—Doing the jobs Native Americans wouldn’t do !)
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To: Ciaphas Cain
WHY must every president in modern memory feel compelled to involve himself and by extension the United States in the matter of Israel and the Palestinians?

Simple.

Replace the characters with the actors.

WHY must every president in modern memory feel compelled to involve himself and by extension the Christian United States in the matter of Jewish Israel and the Muslim Palestinians?

So what is our skin in the game supposed to be? What's our angle? Did we ever have one? And why would Trump repeat this pattern of failure?

Look backward to see the future. Who is: Jacob? Ismael? Esau?

And the $64,000 question: Why is Esau aligned with Ismael against Jacob?

And the bonus question: Where is all this prophesied?

16 posted on 03/16/2017 4:22:32 PM PDT by Mr. M.J.B.
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To: Ciaphas Cain

The US was dragged into this as one of the results of the Cold War with the Soviet Union. Since 1989, it’s mostly out of habit. For war mongers like McCain, it’s just defense industry profits.


17 posted on 03/16/2017 4:30:15 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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