Alan Dershowitz: ‘Problem’ To Be A Democrat And Care About American Exceptionalism, Israel

Breitbart ^ | Aaron Klein

[ErikJohnsky]

Look as a liberal Democrat, I have a problem. As all liberal Democrats do. We support the Obama administration on who he is going to put on the Supreme Court, on healthcare, on immigration, on a range of other issues. But we fundamentally disagree with him on his approach to foreign policy, particularly in regard to the Middle East.

You know, if you are a staunch Republican supporter of Israel, you have no problem. If you are a staunch Democrat who doesn’t care about Israel, you have no problem. But if you are a liberal Democrat who cares deeply about Israel, the Middle East, world peace, American exceptionalism, America’s role in the world, you have a problem.

[ErikJohnsky]

Given Trump's problems this cycle, I'd bet Jews will still vote for HRC. But in 2020, if Trump doesn't win, I think Rubio has a damn good chance to pick up Jewish voters and non-Jewish voters who are both former Democrats but sorry to see the extreme-left take over. If Trump DOES win, I think he might be able to pull them in tho, but not in '16 but '20.

Dersh and other Jews (like my family) can't face that the Obama ship has sailed to a mosque far away from what the Democrat Party used to be. But with time, it'll sink in.

[faithhopecharity]

Alan D may wish to reconsider some of his additional leftist views and find his way better politically

he is pretty good on defense (and Israel most of the time), and he has been known to at least acknowledge weaknesses in some of the new D party boss’ worst communist or IslamoNazi positions

so there’s hope for Alan, unlike some leftist D’s. but he has to keep thinking things over .... he has a ways to go yet....

[pleasenotcalifornia]

If Trump doesn’t win, you can probably say goodbye to Israel as it stands right now. Hillary will cooperate with Iran in an attempt to destroy it.

[Robert DeLong]

I’ll never vote for Rubio, because he is not a natural born citizen.

[Maceman]

I’ll never vote for Rubio, because he is not a natural born citizen.

FYI, you don't have to be a natural born citizen to be a Senator.

[ErikJohnsky]

he’s more natural born than Barack Hussein, for sure, or Ted Cruz.

And he’s not into abortion, fag rights, “Islam is peace,” etc. etc. like Killary.

[Robert DeLong]

He was talking about him being President, and FYI, I know what the qualifications are, but thank you.

[alloysteel]

The Democrats have ditched SEVERAL of their constituencies all for the sake of preserving one, at all costs, the Islamic invasion and colonization movement. It matters not at all whoever else may be swept away, all their efforts are being thrown into one outcome, the breakdown of the remaining resistance to adoption of Shari’ah law.

Because Shari’ah law is totally and diametrically incompatible with the existing law codes that presently are the controlling legal authorities in the Federal and various State levels, those laws are either to be vacated, or simply left unenforced, which seems to be the scheme at the Federal level now.

[Robert DeLong]

Both his parents were not citizens of this country when he was born. Otherwise, I agree with BHO & Cruz not being NBC’s either.

[HarleyLady27]

OH yes, Alan Dershowitz the friend of Bill Clinton and Jeffrey Epstein....that is also friends with the Bushes, and the Clintons...money launderer, pedophile, liar, thief, and a few other names I could call him....

[TakebackGOP]

And he defended OJ.

[nathanbedford]

Our attitude toward defending Israel should not depend entirely on which candidate we support but rather on a sober analysis of America's national interests. Israel is only one of a string of nations around the world who might draw us into war, even thermonuclear war. Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, Singapore, India, are all threatened by China (and/or North Korea) and all could prove that it is they rather than we who determine whether or not the United States goes to war. Do we really want our declarations of war to be made in Tokyo, Manila, or Seoul?

Equally risky at this time and for the same reasons are our commitments in Eastern Europe. Are we really ready, much less able, to defend Estonia? What are our commitments to Ukraine? What does Russia understand our commitment to be? Finally, does this administration know what its commitment is?

It is one thing to consider America's vital national interests are tied up with Great Britain and northern European nations like Germany and quite another to permit nations like the Philippines or Vietnam to commit us to war. One thinks of the unraveling of diplomacy in 1914 leading each country in turn into a conflict which was to destroy the world order forever.

It seems we're facing three enemies at least (ignore Cuba for the moment): Russia, China, Islam. The mere fact that we are facing three enemies, two with nuclear weapons and one with 1.6 billion adherents, means that we are vulnerable to the facing two of these enemies at once and that in turn implies that our resources are inadequate so we must have allies. But it does not do to have allies who are more liability than asset. One is reminded of Napoleons reply when asked what sort of enemy he would like to fight, "allies." Clearly Trump is onto something when he signals that the age of America paying any price, bearing any burden, meeting any hardship, supporting any friend, opposing any foe alone is drawing to a close simply because we are broke. Our allies rank as the third, fourth and fifth economies of the world yet they have somehow maneuvered us into bearing the burden almost exclusively.

In this atmosphere we have to decide whether we have allies or something closer to the Austro-Hungarian Empire proving a liability to Wilhelmina Germany. It was not for nothing that Ludendorff noted, "we are shackled to a corpse." What I'm trying to say is that we need our allies but they also need us and, like trade deals, the age of rolling over to every demand has passed.

The war on terror is a different matter altogether because this enemy can either be appeased, intimidated, or reasoned with. The truth is we simply do not know how successfully to wage war against jihad. It seems to me the first step, even before we decide who can be an ally and how they can contribute, is to consolidate an agreement on proper policy domestically. The argument over failure to call militant Islam by its name is really about motivating the country to wage war against militant Islam. We are not psychologically ready to do so and that must be changed. It cannot be changed so long as our president, whether Obama or Hillary, is ambivalent about waging and winning such a war. This administration is utterly cynical, it knows that if it identifies any portion of Islam as an enemy it's stratagem to "transform" America with immigration simply will not be tolerated.

Our mistreatment of Israel is not a one-off problem rather it is simply symptomatic of an incoherent, perhaps traitorous foreign policy rooted in the belief that America is not worthy of preserving. Trump is right, we must make America great again, and then we can attract allies, cause them to fairly contribute to mutual security, and intimidate enemies. The starting point is at home.

[Jim Noble]

The whole “Republican vs. Democrat” thing is a fraud, and it’s getting old.

Very old.

It’s Americans vs. globalists that matters.

[Graybeard58]

Can’t have it both ways Aaron.

Who wouls Aaron, the brother of Moses, vote for?

[HiTech RedNeck]

It’s who and what Israel stands for culturally and historically that gives it its seemingly outsized influence.

Israel remains the David in a sea of Goliaths. It’s that pesky God factor. Secularists might not agree with traditional reverent Christendom (and Jewry) but they ought to have a respect for what it believes.

[DennisR]

Could care less what this guy says. He is in love with the Clintons and O.J. Need I say more?

[ErikJohnsky]

but he also stands against campus communism, both in terms of racial “safe spaces” and the undefinable “rape culture” concepts.

The best allies are converts. He may be personal friends with the Clintons now, but when the Clintons have to go hard left for 2020 as Bernie people make themselves felt and the younger, far more leftist Dems take the party over, the GOP will need converts like Dersh.