Elections Have Consequences

Republicans have always been loud in our support for Israel, a small outpost of Democracy surrounded by dictators intent on its total destruction. That is in contrast to President Obama, who appears intent on isolating Israel and enabling its enemies. In his speech to the UN yesterday, he “put Israel on the chopping block”, according to former UN Ambassador John Bolton. The inclination for Republicans is to stand with our trusted ally and fight with every means possible for their right to exist, letting them know that the current Administration does not speak for the majority of Americans. This is what we will do for Poland, this is what we will do for Honduras – the US has momentarily lost its moral bearings, but we will fix it. Just hold on.

The question is, though, does Israel want our support? The US Jewish electorate voted OVERWHELMINGLY for Barak Obama in the previous election: 78% Obama/22% McCain. Obama’s anti-Israel inclinations were well known. Should Republicans argue against the current US policy towards Israel if that policy is what American Jewish voters want? If US Jewish voters put Israel on a path to destruction, if Iran gets nuclear weapons, should Republicans care? Well, of course we should care. And of course we will continuously and LOUDLY argue on behalf of our ally. But it would be a lot easier to make our case for, and offer protection to, Israel if that 78% of American Jewish voters joined us.

Author: Mark