Lack of support for Israel is a deal breaker for me though.
Israel has a right to the land via the balfour declaration and the promise of the transjordan to Israel. Britain backed out of that promise and "let the UN work it out".
Ben no doubt has it out for Paul in ways that have little to do with the ME. Ben and his social circle its reasonable to say are probably heavily vested in employment thru out the Fed reserve bank system, occupying those cubicles full of “economists” and other hacks. Paul’s audit the Fed is probably cutting close to the economic heart of a good many of Ben’s social circle and their assets. Its a great job knowing when an asset class is to be favored and when to bail from the water cooler talk.