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[Summer Wine]

I just watched on BBC the US President stating that he supports freedom of religion in the US and he considers its a national issue.

How could the US President ever then support the destruction/eradication of the only Jewish State in the World today?

If the USA supports freedom of religion then can it ever support the eradication of the only truly jewish nation/state in the world today?

It does raise questions.

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[Summer Wine]

[Leon]

Considering that America is the strongest, and only meaningful, ally that Israel has than how can you say he supports it's destruction? Israel isn't about religion either, it's about the Jewish ethnicity. Israel is a largely secular state.

"As of 2006, 7% of Israeli Jews defined themselves as Haredim; an additional 10% as "religious"; 14% as "religious-traditionalists" ; 22% as "non-religious-traditionalists" (not strictly adhering to Jewish law or halakha); and 44% as "secular" (Hebrew: חִלּוֹנִי‎, Hiloni).[5] As of 1999, 65% of Israeli Jews believe in God,[6] and 85% participate in a Passover seder.[7] However, other sources indicate that between 15% and 37% of Israelis identify themselves as either agnostics or atheists.[8][unreliable source?]"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Israel

Also this has far more to do with foreign policy than religion. One should not blindly support a country, or not support one, regardless of its religious make up.

[recessiontime]

I'm really confused summer wine. I know I haven't been watching the news lately but I don't know where you get the notion that the US president is

"supporting the destruction/eradication of the only Jewish State in the World today"

I thought Obama was Israel's sock puppet. He is pro-Israel, sanctioning Iran from all directions and would invade them too if the US wasn't already fighting 2 wars as we speak.

It seems like you know something I don't.

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