[Poohbah]

Nice selective quote-snipping, son.

wimpycat's point was that the Israelis have every legitimate reason to push for Pollard's release; he WAS one of theirs, after all--but that the Americans who push for Pollard's release have NO legitimate reason for doing so.

[Cachelot]

wimpycat's point was that the Israelis have every legitimate reason

Not quite. This is his original quote:

and when the spies get caught, we don't normally have the foreign entitities who benefitted from the spy's treachery so shamelessly lobbying

The "selective snipping", as you call it, seems truer to his original statement than his disclaimer.