[nfldgirl]

Put it another way, why should we take sides in a conflict when our intersts have absolutely nothing to do with who wins? Why then are we not staying out of the Israeli-Palestinian fight?

Could it be because our foreign policy is driven by the wealthiest of wealthy Jews in this country who own and/or sit on the boards of the largest global corporations in America and throughout the world. Or could it be because God intervenes in the affairs of men to bring about His perfect will, including the use of America as the lone defender/protector of the state of Israel? (Not meaning to sound ignorant or sarcastic here, but just conveying some thoughts I've been wondering about.)

[traditionalist]

Well, Democrats support our current policy for obvious reasons. I think Republican support of is partly a relic of the cold war (Arabs tended to be pro-Soviet) and partly based on the fact that a lot of conservative Christians are dispensationalists who believe that the temple in Jerusalem must be rebuilt and Kingdom of Israel restored before they can be "raptured."

If you believe in historic Christianity, as opposed to dispensationalism, then you cannot believe that our support of Israel is part of God's perfect will, because Israel was part of the Old Covenent, which was fulfilled and superceded by the New Covenent. The New Israel is the Mystical Body of Christ. Christians, and Jews who convert to Christianity, are now the heirs to Abraham and God's promise to them is salvation, not some plot of land. See Romans 11, and also the Letter to the Hebrews