It started off as a moral commitment, continued as a bulwark in the Cold War, and served as the only reliable ME ally post-Cold War.
But we also share more cultural similarities with Israel than most other nations and when all the weaker nations bowed to Arab economic pressure with the oil embargoes of the 70's ... only the US kept their integrity and didn't sell out.
So yeah, if you have no morality or interest in ME stability, along with a general dislike of Jews, in other words like Moslems and Obama, I can see why it would be meaningless to you.
It started off as a moral commitment, continued as a bulwark in the Cold War, and served as the only reliable ME ally post-Cold War.
But we also share more cultural similarities with Israel than most other nations and when all the weaker nations bowed to Arab economic pressure with the oil embargoes of the 70's ... only the US kept their integrity and didn't sell out.
So yeah, if you have no morality or interest in ME stability, along with a general dislike of Jews, in other words like Moslems and Obama, I can see why it would be meaningless to you.
"Morality" he says as he's shilling for the country that lied to us about "weapons of mass destruction."
1) You don't know that Israel lied.
2) Morality doesn't mean being a saint.
3) There's a much bigger picture here that you refuse to see.