Regarding Marc's interview, the approach of many US Jews and some Israelis reminds me of Trump in this specific regard: Trump throws grenades--he doesn't build coalitions. More specifically, Trump consistently attacks--and successfully damages--his own team. Trump has damaged no Democrats or leftists other than Hillary, but he has damaged countless conservatives and Republicans (including his own appointees while President).
Israel's strongest supporters have consistently been conservatives: although that has been weakening as groups such as ADL have launched non-stop attacks on conservatives for decades: attacking their own allies. That cannot help but have an effect over time.
Some conservatives are anti-Semitic, but that's despite, not because, they are conservative. While leftists divide the world up into oppressor/victim classes, whereby anybody who is regarded as "white", successful, or a "colonizer" is pure evil. In this system of self-righteous hate, Jews in general, and Israel in particular, cannot but be attacked--and the left has always been violent.
Marc puts his hopes on the middle, but the left has become so extreme that there is no middle any more: those willing to stand for something have chosen sides. The "middle" is the indifferent.
This government continues to show its lack of ability to win this war, especially on the propaganda front. The success of the defense against the Iranian attack, must be used on all media to embarrass and humiliate Iran before any response. Churchill is remembered by so many, despite some serious failures in the admiralty, because as Prime Minister, he spoke to the people and he persistently went on radio cataloging the failures of the axis forces. He berated Hitler and Mussolini such that Hitler made speeches about Churchill to try to belittle him. This government is led by a group of incompetents whose only achievement is failure
Great reporting Marc as always. Much respected journalism!
Regarding Marc's interview, the approach of many US Jews and some Israelis reminds me of Trump in this specific regard: Trump throws grenades--he doesn't build coalitions. More specifically, Trump consistently attacks--and successfully damages--his own team. Trump has damaged no Democrats or leftists other than Hillary, but he has damaged countless conservatives and Republicans (including his own appointees while President).
Israel's strongest supporters have consistently been conservatives: although that has been weakening as groups such as ADL have launched non-stop attacks on conservatives for decades: attacking their own allies. That cannot help but have an effect over time.
Some conservatives are anti-Semitic, but that's despite, not because, they are conservative. While leftists divide the world up into oppressor/victim classes, whereby anybody who is regarded as "white", successful, or a "colonizer" is pure evil. In this system of self-righteous hate, Jews in general, and Israel in particular, cannot but be attacked--and the left has always been violent.
Marc puts his hopes on the middle, but the left has become so extreme that there is no middle any more: those willing to stand for something have chosen sides. The "middle" is the indifferent.
This government continues to show its lack of ability to win this war, especially on the propaganda front. The success of the defense against the Iranian attack, must be used on all media to embarrass and humiliate Iran before any response. Churchill is remembered by so many, despite some serious failures in the admiralty, because as Prime Minister, he spoke to the people and he persistently went on radio cataloging the failures of the axis forces. He berated Hitler and Mussolini such that Hitler made speeches about Churchill to try to belittle him. This government is led by a group of incompetents whose only achievement is failure