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Originally Posted by ResAlien
As a Canadian that lives in the states it feels like Lanny’s opinion on the matter is coloured strongly by the surroundings he’s chosen. I see much more support for the Palestinian people, flags, free Palestine etc than anything else. But that’s just my individual experience and I’d be remiss to try and apply that to 300 million some odd people.
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Fair comment, but I'm not doubting support for Palestine. In fact, I was one who posted the Pew polling data several weeks ago that shows a great degree of sympathy toward the situation the Palestinians find themselves. The issue is NOT the sympathy held toward the Palestinians, the issue is the policy of the parties in question and the choice for the American people. This is one of those areas where neither party gives a flying #### about what you or I feel about Palestinians, it is about the support for the state of Israel and the defense of Israel's existence. THAT is the issue for the parties and voters, and neither party is going to abandon Israel or penalize Israel in any meaningful way. THIS is the issue to understand. THIS is what voters have to understand when they cast their ballot. You have to choose between a party that might limit access to armaments as a means to force them to the negotiation table, or a party that will happily give them any armament they want to eradicate the Palestinian people on Israeli territory.
Simple questions for you. Knowing your sympathies toward the Palestinians what choice do you have as a vote? As someone living n the United States and supposedly seeing "stuff," is our foreign policy likely to change in any shape or fashion because of any leftist protest or shenanigans? Or are both parties fully entrenched behind Israel, and we have to pick the party that will do the least to harm the Palestinian people while supporting the region's only reliable ally?