Here's How Tom Stilson Can Really Help Israel: Lace Up Some Israeli Combat Boots

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Tom Stilson treats Israel as the 51st state. Stilson is of course the 25 year old Congressional candidate running against Billy Long who works part time at the Bass Pro while still living at home with mom and dad. Despite being nearly $16 trillion in debt, Stilson believes we should continue sending hundreds of billions of dollars, money we don't have, to Israel.

Stilson recently said, "If you mess with Israel, you're messing with the United States of America."

I take issue with this. Yes Israel is an ally, but Israel is more than capable of taking care of itself in most cases. They have a very powerful military and one of the best Air Forces in the world.

Israel isn't the 51st state. As well, there have been tensions between the US and Israel haven't always been cheeky. Remember it was Israel that attacked the USS Liberty in 1967, and Israel has been caught spying on the United States multiple times. This is a far more complex relationship than many make it out to be. While I do support the sovereign state of Israel, I just don't believe we can continue borrowing money from the Chinese and Keynesian currency from the Federal Reserve to provide hundreds of billions of dollars in foreign aid.

So here's what I have never figured out. Why doesn't someone like Tom Stilson, who still lives at home with mom and dad, give up his Congressional aspirations for a few years and show some real support for Israel that goes beyond redistributing American wealth through foreign aid packages?

If you really want to show your support for Israel, then why not lace up some combat boot join the Israeli Defense Forces. They take Americans in their ranks.

As a former soldier, nothing bothers me more than politicians who are so ready to fight wars with other people's children while not having the courage to lace up their own combat boots and taking up arms. Oh sure, it's fun for Stilson to go out to the backyard and shoot up a lot of ammo to make a campaign commercial, it was furn for Stilson to play solider in JROTC, but I don't find any courage in his neocon war mongering comments as war is brewing in the Middle East.

Stilson has a real chance to prove himself as a man, but something tells me the comfort of mom and dad's basement is far more appealing while convincing voters he is worthy of their vote than showing real individual support for Israel.