The conflict between the Palestinians and Israelis is an ancient and ongoing war eons in the making, and many think America should put an end to it.

Yes, it seems we have been named "Mediator in Chief" just like we were crowned the "World's Policemen" shortly after World War Two. The vast majority of the country feel we are destined to get involved in this in some way or another. As such, Americans are beginning to take "sides."

Some are siding with the Israelis, believing the mantra from the glowing boxes they are our "Greatest Allies", or the propaganda from church pulpits which claims Jews are the Chosen People, and to go against anything they do (no matter how egregious) is an affront to God.

Other Americans, seeing the utter devastation laid to Palestine, are siding with the Palestinians and protesting for their humane treatment on college campuses nationwide.

I offer a third, and strangely silent position, one that I haven't heard many take. It is simple, it is brimming with common sense, and it is this:

"I am an American. I am for what is good for America. Not Israel. Not Palestine. I support what is good for America, and nothing else."

I will now elaborate on why I support this third, unpopular position.

1.) We've already had twenty years of wars in the Middle East, wars that have only harmed America and will continue to harm her. I was promised that Islam would remain across the ocean if I went to Iraq in the early 2000's. I went, as did countless others, and as you can see, Islam did not stay put. On the contrary, this dangerous poison only spread, and "Our Greatest Ally" seems not to give a fig if it does. In fact, I have seen videos from many Jews celebrating Muslim infiltration into Western societies and declaring Islam "the broom of the Jews."

I know this sounds ludicrous, given how much Muslims hate Jews, but it seems hardline Jews hate Christians more than the Islamists who would kill them.

2.) We are dealing with a war of hardline and dangerous ideologies when we cannot even come to a consensus on who we are or what we believe. Multiculturalism and massive immigration has been forced down our throats, such to the point where we have very little homogeneity in American society. True we have the constitution, but that cannot compete with hardline religious ideology.

For example, the Jews of Isreal believe they are the chosen race, and as such are destined to inherit the Holy Land by any means necessary. Lately those "means" have come under scrutiny and left many formerly supportive or even apathetic Americans scratching their heads. Far from just focusing on military targets, the Israelis have taken to bombing hospitals and churches. Hamas, last time I checked, was Muslim, and no one is more supportive of Jews in America than evangelical Christians....so what is "Our Greatest Ally" doing destroying their supporters' houses of worship?

This does not appear to be the behavior of Chosen People who are part of Christian eschatology, but rather impersonators who are manipulating my brethren to squeeze every last bit of money, support, and military power out of us, until we are a husk, until we "wither and blow away," as Netanyahu once gleefully predicted of America.

Some ally! But the other side is no better.

Most Muslim Palestinians likewise believe that they are the chosen people and that everyone else is a subhuman Kafir who can and should be subjugated, killed, or in the best cases converted. This belief system is well reflected in Sharia Law, Islam's legal code. Though not all Muslims follow Sharia law or wish to behave in this manner, the voices of these individuals do not mean much when their prophet Mohammed certainly supported the belief that "some animals are more equal than others."

3.) "These people have been fighting so hard and so long they don't know what the F@#k they are doing. "

Granted, Trump said this about Israel and Iran, and he wasn't wrong, but the same statement easily applies to the Jews and Palestinians. They have been fighting since Israel was established in the late 1940's, but if the Bible is true, then the conflict goes all the way back to Sarah and Hagar, it goes back several millennia!

And this conflict is definitely showing its age! Both sides violate ceasefire after ceasefire, drop bomb after bomb, and fire volley after volley of rounds. Both Jews and Palestinians seem to have total disregard for the rules of war, the Geneva Convention, or basic human decency.


I look at these two groups and roll my eyes. We have enough problems here without getting involved in their squabbles. While I applaud Trump and former presidents for trying to help these two out, I think it's time to let them kill each other. They seem determined to do so anyway.

If private groups want to deliver medical aide or food, then I support that, but NOTHING else and certainly NOTHING funded with my tax dollars to include aide to "Our Greatest Ally."

Again, I state my position and invite you to it as well: I am an American. I support what is good for America. Not Israel. Not Palestine.

America!