Strange Bedfellows in Support of Israel

Justin Raimondo reminds us that "the lobby’s most well-known success story is the Christian fundamentalist faction, which believes in the key role played by Israel as a harbinger of the second coming of Christ," and goes on to inform us of the "less well-known triumph of niche marketing [that] is the Israeli propaganda effort directed at the gay community" — The Making of American Foreign Policy.

"The Israeli government has sponsored ads appearing in San Francisco’s bus shelters extolling the IDF because it doesn’t discriminate against gays, and a recent tour of Israel’s gay hot spots promises a visit with hunky IDF soldiers," Mr. Raimondo explains. "Pat Robertson and the advocates of gay liberation – together at last!"