“Israel’s domestic politics indicate to me that they’re not even interested in protecting their OWN interests.”
Israel started as a communist country. But the influx of Russians has begun to change them. They are probably more entrepreneurial per capita than the US. (They have far more PhD’s per 1000 than the US and many more small companies than we do.) True, they have their version of the Lunatic Left. But once they start dying in significant numbers, suddenly their “Occupy Jerusalem” crowd will either die or get with the program.
1. True.
2. Not our problem.
3. We’re broke. So see #2 above.