Source: Los Angeles Times
by Matt K Lewis
“While it’s impossible to know whether President Trump’s ‘memorandum of understanding’ with Iran will be deemed by history to be a blip or a humiliating defeat for America (if it even holds), one thing looks increasingly clear: Israel lost. That’s not just because Israel’s archenemy has arguably emerged more dangerous than ever. It’s also because Israel repelled large swaths of the American public along the way. When I was growing up as a Christian conservative kid in the 1980s, support for Israel wasn’t so much an option as it was a law of physics. Gravity pulled things downward, taxes were too damn high, and Israel was the good guy. But those days are gone, at least in terms of public perception.” (06/19/26)