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𝗩𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥 𝗗𝗔𝗩𝗜𝗦 𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝗦𝗔𝗬𝗦 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗠𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝗣𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗦 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗢𝗢 𝗖𝗢𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗗𝗟𝗬 𝗧𝗢 𝗦𝗔𝗬"I support Israel for one reason. It is in the interest of my country."No sentiment. No religion. No guilt. Pure American national interest. And then he backs it up with a story most people have completely forgotten.In 2012, the U.S. was building a joint missile defense system with Poland and the Czech Republic. You might think that was about Russia. It wasn't. 𝗜𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗜𝗿𝗮𝗻.NATO was terrified. Unlike the U.S., Europe sat within range of Iran's growing missile program. And Iran was hell-bent on going nuclear.Then Obama got caught on a hot mic telling Medvedev to give him "space" until after his reelection — and he'd be "flexible" on missile defense. Translation: 𝘩𝘦'𝘥 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘶𝘱. Putin didn't invade. Obama got reelected. And the missile defense program disappeared.Europe lost its Iran shield because of a backroom deal between an American president and a Russian strongman.Here's the fact that never gets mentioned in polite company: 𝗜𝗿𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝘀 k!lled 𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘀 — 𝗶𝗳 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 — 𝗮𝘀 𝗜-𝗦-𝗜-𝗦 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗹-𝗤𝗮𝗲𝗱𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱. Through proxies, through IEDs in Iraq, through H-z-b and its global terror network. Iran is not a regional nuisance. It is America's most persistent state-level enemy.Supporting Israel isn't about sentiment. It's about keeping the one stable, capable, battle-tested ally in the region standing between American interests and the regime in Tehran.𝗩𝗗𝗛 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝘂𝗽. 𝗛𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵.https://x.com/MichaelARothman/status/2031958438377636210?s=20