Jerusalem! Jerusalem!

I rejoice at our President's rendition today to Israel and Jerusalem of the deference due that redoubtable land and that sacred city.  What an interesting but redeeming  spectacle it is to see our young country honor that old and seminal culture, to which we owe so much that is positive in  our tradition and so very much admiration for their unconquerable fortitude. Why, of course Jerusalem is their capital; they've known it for millennia.

Jerusalem was the Jewish nation's capital centuries before Christianity and Islam were realized.  When Islamic forces had full control of the city between 1948 and 1967, they forcibly denied  Jews access to their most sacred sites. Since Israeli Jews took control of the city by mortal combat in 1967 they have allowed access to all sites sacred to the three Abrahamic religions to all who do not seek to harm Israelis. Full stewardship of the city by a civilization as wise and tolerant as that of Israel is a guarantee of such freedom and it is unthinkable that Israel would or should ever relinquish that tortuously achieved dominion.

Recognition by our great democracy of this reality is an act to be treasured by all in the real America and yet another expression of our courageous President's resolve to  fulfill his campaign promises. I've said it before:  I think any nation's support for Israel is a credible test of its own civilization; not its leftist perfection - no, its fundamental humanity.

Oh my, some will be upset by this. Some have been as upset over the years as to advocate, or to apologize for those who advocate, merely the complete eradication of Israel, population and all.  Presumably salt would be plowed into the soil of the cleansed land, yes? So some don't like today's U.S. action. So what else is new?

When we support Israel we do ourselves proud by standing with the most heroic and civilized people on earth. I am not Jewish but I love the Israelis for the transcendent honor which accrues to their miraculous home and for the shining example they have set for all of humanity, as was intended by the Lord with whom  I believe they have a convenant.  Jack