[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I don’t know if Pat is an antisemite, but he’s the last “America First” member. Most America Firsters closed up shop after Pearl Harbor.

I tend to be an isolationist myself and have some sympathy for some of Pat’s views. (I don’t want to be the World’s policeman.)

There are two complicating factors. One is U.S. (and world) dependence on Mideastern oil, the other is the status of Israel.

Few Americans are ready to abandon Israel, regardless of the cost. This is admirable and noble, but must be recognized as costly. Pat is not one of those Americans willing to bear these costs.

[rmlew]

No, but Pat is willing to see us subsidize Hamas, and allow Muslims to tell us what cartoons we can publish.

He also might not be an antisemite, but he keeps going back to Holocaust Revisionism recently.