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Michael Goodwin: The bigotry against Israel is the latest political agenda conspired by Democrats
One of the most infuriating signs of our troubled era is that you don’t have to dig very far into the political barrel to find the antisemites.
Although they have made deeper and broader inroads among Democrats, especially on the far-left, disheartening numbers of Republicans, independents and erstwhile conservatives are also guilty of embracing the ancient hatred.
A common sign among the haters these days is the crackpot claim that Jews, — Israeli and American, — hoodwinked President Trump into joining Israel’s war against Iran.
According to this theory, Trump and his White House were like so many innocent lambs being led to slaughter.
During his decade in politics, Trump has been vilified and insulted with every slur imaginable, including being called a rapist, a racist, a fraud and a Russian agent.
Surely, this is the first time he stands accused of being a gullible victim of others’ chicanery.
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What the president should have done, his detractors insist, was have America mind its own damn business.
Most never cared for his America First idea, but now they condemn him for, as they see it, violating his vow.
Had he done what they wanted, the argument goes, Trump would have realized we have no reason to be concerned about Iran’s decades-long quest for regional domination.
All the more so because we’re energy independent, and we’ve given and sold Israel and the Gulf Arab states most of our latest and best weapons, including fighter jets, missile defenses and communication systems.
So Iran’s neighbors have........