I wish someone would ask Congresswoman Ilhan Omar what position she would take concerning Palestine if it was to become a widely recognized nation among nations. What makes this question apt is her support for Palestine and her tweet earlier this year concerning support for Israel in the U.S. Congress saying “I should not be expected to have allegiance/pledge support to a foreign country...”
An interesting perspective comes from journalist Jonathan Chait who wrote in New York Magazine “to believe in a strong American alliance with Israel (or Canada, or the United Kingdom, or any other country) is not the same thing as giving one’s allegiance to that country.”
I say respectfully, viva the difference.
Barry Speert
Overland Park, Kansas
