Chemi Shalev is my new best friend. I swear this is the truth. You see yesterday morning I had a conversation with one of the strongest supporters Israel will ever have in this country or any other for that matter, but of the old school. His distaste for our current president has been well-expressed on prior occasions. Yesterday he stated that what we needed was a strong leader and friend of Israel in the White House, like Ronald Reagan. (Full disclosure: Reagan was the first president I voted against.) I controlled myself and left the comment alone.
Then I awoke this morning and, as I do every morning, checked out Haaretz and saw this from
Haaretz's Chemi Shalev, as he remembers Reagan. Shalev starts:
Imagine if Israel would launch a successful preemptive strike against a
country that is building a nuclear bomb that threatens its very
existence, and the American president would describe it as “a tragedy”.
And he goes from there. Chemi, if you are ever in Chicago. Stop by. Drinks are on me.
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