If you are a politically active conservative, you are more than likely well aware of the recent kerfuffle caused by Tucker Carlson’s interview of Nick Fuentes and the ensuing national dialogue regarding Israel, including antisemitism and America’s support for Israel. In my opinion, it is a net positive that the MAGA movement is working through these issues now, long before we get to the 2026 and 2028 elections, but I also believe that the dialogue has veered into unhealthy, illogical false dilemmas, such as “Are you America First or Israel First?”
I am here to trash that false dilemma.
As a patriot and a 22-year veteran of the U.S. Army, I am staunchly and unequivocally “America First,” and it is precisely because I am “America First” that I wholly support current U.S. policies regarding Israel. Further, as an active and semi-popular user of X, it often angers me when my X feed gets overwhelmed with misinformed MAGA Americans who believe support for Israel is essentially going against the USA. I am willing to consider that such people are not necessarily antisemitic, but instead lack the experience and knowledge to know just how important Israel is to the USA. For the moment, I will grant such people grace and assume they do not understand.
But understand what, you may ask?
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