A Question Every Candidate for Federal Office Should be Able to Answer

“Both of them have proven dangerous in their own way.” After much deflection, that was ultimately Adbul El-Sayed’s non-answer when pressed in last week’s Michigan Senate debate on whether Israel or

“Both of them have proven dangerous in their own way.” After much deflection, that was ultimately Adbul El-Sayed’s non-answer when pressed in last week’s Michigan Senate debate on whether Israel or Iran poses a greater threat to the United States. His statement raises a more troubling question of our politics as a whole: How deep must hostility toward Israel or any other ally get before major political candidates can no longer acknowledge the difference between America’s allies and enemies? Ther