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Rather than primarily support for Zionism, I consider our virtually unconditional support of Israel to be based more mundanely on our supporting of the only country in the ME that is like us. Israel is a reflection and thereby a validation of ourselves against the onslaught of alien cultures in our increasingly shrinking world.
And no, I do not think it is right anymore than I think what my own country does in it's own interest in many places is right.
That's not to say that I agree with the policies of our so-called 'enemies,' either.
I tend to think everyone is fucked up.
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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce
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