[Cachelot]

It's not "strange" verbiage. I don't mince words.

It is.

You're shameless in your support of a convicted spy who betrayed the U.S.

And here's why: an American might be shameless if he supported spying against the US (given that all the facts were on the table and all that kind of thing), but a foreign government? What you're in effect demanding is that the Israeli government live by American interest. That is not the case, regardless the fact that many people seem to have some notion that the US actually owns Israel. Israel is another state, looking out for its own interests.

[wimpycat]

Israel is another state, looking out for its own interests.

You don't know how much I agree with you on this. Israel is a foreign state, and we don't own it; we don't owe it, either. The U.S. looks out for #1, too, which is the United States. The U.S. and Israel have many interests in common, but they do diverge at times. The U.S. is looking it for its own interests as well. Pollard served the interests of a foreign country, not the U.S.; hence, he's going to die in his U.S. prison cell.

[willowpar]

Everyone with a high level security clearance who were in a position to know the actual damage done by Pollard have been vehemently against any sort of pardon for him to the point of threatening to resign if one was given. The only one who even would consider it was Clinton, and I think that speaks for itself. It is beyond me how you could be such an apologist for this traitor. Just because the recipient of this top secret information was Israel no way excuses Pollard's betrayal.