America could simply go on its way, rebuilding its economy and marveling over the madness of two religions fighting to the death over a barren sandpit at the eastern end of the Mediterranean.Unfortunately, America today is run by a political and media elite that is addicted to intervention.

How long, one wonders, will it be before Israel’s military actions lead to violent clashes in America?

Flogging this plausible but palpable lie, AIPAC-owned American leaders will consign this country to an unending war against Islam, the same catastrophe that is Israel’s lot.

It will have reenergized Hamas, which will in turn renew the suicide bombings inside Israel that allow America’s Israel-firsters ?including Obama’s IDF-veteran chief of staff ?to portray their country-of-first-allegiance as the poor, put-upon innocent.

Although Israel has billed its invasion as an attempt to destroy Hamas and thereby protect Israelis, its main goal...

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