It is very conflicting for me, because the US has always stood with Israel, even though I haven’t always understood why. This war is over 2,000 years old!!!! However, I am not sure that is the right thing to do anymore. BUT these actions and genocide belong to the Israelis alone. It does not rest on the shoulders of the US. I do trust th…
It is very conflicting for me, because the US has always stood with Israel, even though I haven’t always understood why. This war is over 2,000 years old!!!! However, I am not sure that is the right thing to do anymore. BUT these actions and genocide belong to the Israelis alone. It does not rest on the shoulders of the US. I do trust that the administration is trying to move the Israelis in a different direction, but there does not seem to be any inclination to move from their position.
It is my personal and very uninformed opinion that there is tremendous national guilt over the treatment of Jews by Hitler in WWII and of our refusal to take refugees from there.
I also have the personal and very uninformed opinion that, while there have been conflicts in this region since recorded history (and before, I am certain), the real issue now is that first Britain, then the US has "decided what's best" in the Middle East (with an eye towards petroleum reserves) since the Balfour Declaration in 1917.
It is very conflicting for me, because the US has always stood with Israel, even though I haven’t always understood why. This war is over 2,000 years old!!!! However, I am not sure that is the right thing to do anymore. BUT these actions and genocide belong to the Israelis alone. It does not rest on the shoulders of the US. I do trust that the administration is trying to move the Israelis in a different direction, but there does not seem to be any inclination to move from their position.
It is my personal and very uninformed opinion that there is tremendous national guilt over the treatment of Jews by Hitler in WWII and of our refusal to take refugees from there.
I also have the personal and very uninformed opinion that, while there have been conflicts in this region since recorded history (and before, I am certain), the real issue now is that first Britain, then the US has "decided what's best" in the Middle East (with an eye towards petroleum reserves) since the Balfour Declaration in 1917.