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why the focus on Israel?Reader comment on item: The U.S. legacy in the Middle East is disappearing Submitted by myth (Germany), May 4, 2014 at 05:44 Why does the US and Western Europe focus their foreign policy in the Mid-East on Israel? Let me present some benefits to politicians that do not assume Israel is the key to every conflict in the region.
Looking back some decades I see a tradition of patronizing Jews. First it was the Wannsee-conference coming up with a Final Solution. Today it is some other solution, some accord, from some other conference. Why is Israel all that important? I have been in the situation many times to explain to younger people that it was no less than six million Jews killed in the Holocaust. "they were only killed because they were Jews?" follows as a question to which I answer: "No, they were killed because the killer were anti-semites.". I am afraid the same logic applies to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Does this conflict sit at the heart of every other conflict in the Mid-East because of Israel being a Jewish state? No, it rather indicates that every politician within almost the entire Western world is uneducated about and blind to everybody else in the region. Probably, and at best, out of vanity, ignorance, laziness and cowardice. Note: Opinions expressed in comments are those of the authors alone and not necessarily those of Daniel Pipes. Original writing only, please. Comments are screened and in some cases edited before posting. Reasoned disagreement is welcome but not comments that are scurrilous, off-topic, commercial, disparaging religions, or otherwise inappropriate. For complete regulations, see the "Guidelines for Reader Comments". Reader comments (7) on this item
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