(Algemeiner) Ira Stoll - While critics have argued that the president's decision to remove U.S. forces from Syria could be bad for Israel, there's a counterargument that is worth considering. One of the original ideas of Zionism had to do with Jewish self-reliance. The Jewish state would defend itself with its own foreign policy and armed forces, rather than existing at the mercy of, or under the protection of, some foreign power. This is better for the Jews, because no matter how closely allied or powerful some foreign country, even America, may seem, in the end those powers have other interests that rank higher than the survival of the Jews. Better for Israel to realize that and act accordingly than to operate under some illusion of an American security umbrella. Those who have opposed the idea, raised from time to time, of American troops on the Golan Heights or in the Jordan Valley should be similarly skeptical of deploying American troops in Syria for the sake of Israel's security.
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