thread: 2008-11-07 : Hope & Courage
On 2008-11-12, Ben Lehman wrote:
Ron:
Do you think you're just maybe engaging in a little bit of Israeli exceptionalism there? Maybe, for instance, your views on Israel are clouding your perceptions?
I mean, traveling abroad to fight with our allies in wartime is a pretty common thing in American history. I don't think that, say, the Flying Tigers during WWII were disloyal to the US, or disqualified themselves from national office. Nor did the international volunteers during the Spanish Civil War.
Like anyone born to a foreign parent, he had dual citizenship until 18. Which he then renounced in favor of American citizenship. Again, this is true of any child of a foreign national and an American. It's not particularly a big deal (it's a bigger deal wrt countries that don't recognize dual citizenship, of which Israel is not one.)
Emmanuel has been elected to the US congress, and served loyally under a previous American president, and most important, he has the trust of the President-elect. That alone qualifies him for the office of Chief of Staff.
I'm missing the thing that requires a huge national outcry.
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—Ben
