I used to wonder why American Jews hated Israel and voted to put anti-semites like Obama in office. Now I realise that some Jews in Israel hate their country too.
I may not like his politics, but Ehud Barak's credentials as an Israeli patriot are unassailable.
Your boilerplate FreeRepublic libel of American Jewry should earn you some high 5s though.
Pay attention "Venturer" (whom I doubt has ever ventured far away from his keyboard)
"During his service as a commando in the elite Sayeret Matkal, Barak led several highly acclaimed operations, such as: "Operation Isotope", the rescue mission to free the hostages onboard Sabena Flight 572 at Lod Airport in 1972; the 1973 covert mission Operation Spring of Youth in Beirut, in which he was disguised as a woman in order to assassinate members of the Palestine Liberation Organization; Barak was also a key architect of the June 1976 Operation Entebbe, another rescue mission to free the hostages of the Air France aircraft hijacked by terrorists and forced to land at the Entebbe Airport in Uganda. These highly acclaimed operations, along with Operation Bayonet led to the dismantling of Palestinian terrorist cell Black September."
With five of Isarael's highest commendations for valor and courage, Ehud Barak is the most decorated soldier in IDF history. But obviously, if Venturer says someone "hates their country" then it must be true. I look forward to you posting your record of distinguished service to the United States, so we can see what the service record of a GENUINE PATRIOT like Venturer looks like.