should america support Israel?

[Bad Writer]

If I think that a state is on a downward spiral of their own making and don't feel sympathy for them it makes me anti-them? Really? That's your conclusion?

In that case, how about North Korea? Their isolationism has caused their people nothing but grief, but they have chosen to remain that way. If I don't feel bad about it because they choose not to help themselves, so does that make me a bigoted, anti-Korean as well?

Your responses, and others here too, have shown nothing to the contrary. Most of the replies are largely, and as usual, a condemnation of Israel, contempt, and total shock at "how dare Israel defend itself against rocket fire from the poor little muslim terrorists who are dedicated to killing as many Israelis as they can." Israel has every right to defend itself against attacks. Those islamic Palestinian pieces of shit were dancing and celebrating in the streets when the Twin Towers were attacked and knocked down on 9-11. I don't feel sorry for them at all. They openly embrace Hamas' directive to destroy Israel, and they even volunteer to be human shields for Hamas against Israel's response to being attacked by them. Stop firing rockets into Israel, stop the terrorist attacks against Israel, and Israel will stop its bombing raids against Hamas targets there.

Your unwillingness to answer me honestly and to misappropriate how you think I feel about this is very telling of your narrow view on this entire issue. You think I'm saying "how dare Israel defend itself against rocket fire from the poor little muslim terroriests who are dedicated to killing as many Israelis as they can." If this is what I'm saying, then you're going to need to show it by actually quoting me correctly.

To recap, what I actually said was, "Israel's retaliation certainly violates their law of proportionality in war where their own artillery killed upwards of 100 Palestinians, quite a few that were innocent bystanders." Never was it indicated that I think Israel does not have a right to defend itself. I was instead stating the unfortunate truth of their latest retaliation, but I suppose stating facts that deal with unfortunate outcomes wrought by your buddies out there makes you uncomfortable. The issue is obviously very black and white for you, so it's probably a foreign concept for someone to not be pro-Israel, but not be anti-Israel either. I'm neutral in that I've seen the bullshit from both sides over there, and I would rather they deal with the problems they have each created on their own terms.

I wonder if it would be painful for you to even consider the fact that had Israel established themselves, let's say, somewhere in Europe, following WWII instead of in the Middle East, that their lot in life would be a lot better, that there may actually be no HAMAS trying to kill Israelis every day. What are your thoughts on this?