Posted on 04/18/2015 11:47:15 AM PDT by Steelfish
Saletan: Republicans Who Prefer Netanyahu Over Obama Aren’t Loyal Americans
By Aaron Goldstein on 4.18.15
William Saletan of Slate has written about how several recent polls have shown that Republicans are more supportive of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu than they are of President Obama. In particular, Saletan focuses on a Bloomberg poll which asks respondents to indicate one of the following two statements with which they agree:
1. “Israel is an ally but we should pursue America’s interests when we disagree with them.”
2. “Israel is an important ally, the only democracy in the region, and we should support it even if our interests diverge.”
Nearly two-thirds of Democrats agree with the first statement while slightly more than two-thirds of Republicans agree with the second statement with independents narrowly leaning in favor of the second response. Saletan speculates this might be because of Obama's polarizing nature, Netanyahu's charisma and his aggressive courting of Republicans. But Saletan, who suffers from the worst case of Bibi Derangement Syndrome since, well, President Obama, finds all of this quite sinister
These explanations can account to some degree for the gap in favorability ratings between Obama and Netanyahu. But they can’t account for the partisan split in responses to Bloomberg’s second question, the one about Israeli versus American interests. That split points to a more fundamental challenge. Does a majority of the Republican Party identify more with Israeli interests than with American interests? When Israel’s prime minister speaks on the floor of Congress, do Republicans feel more allegiance to him than to their president? If so, will the feeling subside once Obama leaves office? Or does it signify an enduring rift in the fabric of this country?
This is, of course, utter rubbish. The two statements aren't incompatible in the first place. ..................................
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Well America has ceased to be loyal to Americans.
What do I care what some douchenozzle from Slate thinks about it?
Satan says people who aren’t loyal to 0bama aren’t loyal to Satan.
Those loyal to America are likeminded with Netanyahu. Those loyal to Obama are in no way for America.
We are all entitled to our opinions, it is just that some people have a higher opinion of Bibi than of our current electorate.
Another one by Mr. “Purge The Anti-Gay ‘Bigots’”.
Hell, I like Putin better than the skinny runt in the hut....
Socialists progressives are a traiterous 5th column to freedom loving nations
Our big concern is Americans who support Putin and his military goals, not Americans who prefer Netanyahu to Obama.
Putin is a real military threat to our security and Europe and is threatening war and nuclear annihilation.
Hmm. I recall when Ronaldus Magnus was president the left was having orgasms over Mikhail Gorbachev, hence Rush’s definition of this as a Gorbasm. They were all worried that Reagan would blow up the world and only Comrade Mikey could save us. The Dems had more faith in a communist than a man who lived, breathed, and was the embodiment of American freedom, yet I don’t recall our side calling these libs traitors?
Mr. Goldstein shows a disturbing lack of understand of what it means to be loyal to America.
No you may not.
Actually, its the author-Saletan, not Goldstein
He left out the coda, which is that there's a sense of collective guilt (vanishing in Europe, if it ever existed) that Christendom exterminated European Jewry, and thus a feeling of responsibility for the fate of the Jewish state. We support a lot of allies with arms and troops, despite the fact that life would be a lot simpler if we simply remained neutral. No NATO, no chance of nuclear conflagration with Russia. No Taiwan, no threats of nuclear annihilation of LA by Chinese generals. No mutual security pact with South Korea and Japan, no back-and-forth with China vis-a-vis its impending territorial expansion in the region.
Americans who support Putin and his military goals? News to me. I suppose you have names/organizations and/or evidence to back this claim?
I sure did, the problem is that now these are the people in charge.
Thanks Steelfish, I’ll be more careful next time.
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