Mid East policy speech

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Originally Posted by finnbow

Compounding my confusion on this issue is that anyone who says that the Jewish/Israel lobby has too much influence in Washington is shouted down as anti-semitic, while at the same time our politicians are forced to bow down before AIPAC. I would argue that Israel has greater influence on our politics than the residents of at least a dozen of our own states.

Its always been an amazing dichotomy here. The left seems more impacted by what is typically a very solid voting block in the Jewish community. The right seems to place high value on the foreign policy side of the relationship with Israel. Either way, Israel does get a significant share of our attention.