Should Israel Still Support U.S.?

Last week, I addressed the current U.S./Israel Alliance Crisis in light of some not even remotely current commentary from the founding generation of American leaders. George Washington left America with a simple set of principles for forming and breaking attachments with foreign powers. The alliance should be in our interest. The alliance should not violate the principles of justice. The alliance should not be permanent. Treaties should be honored once they’re made.

In some ways the history of foreign affairs thinking in the U.S. is the history of various distortions of Washington’s original “interest, guided by justice.”