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• Tuesday, January 13, 2009 09:05 AM

  Vocal minorities

  Cuba and Isreal constitute the best examples of irrational results that occur when the vast majority of Americans have no interest in a particular subject, but a very vocal minority does. No rational, unbias person could make sense of our policies toward Cuba -- our boycott of Cuba is just plain nuts. The policy remains unchanged, however, because most people could care less about it, while a very small group in Florida care very much. And .. Florida is a very important state to both parties.

  Over the past weeks, many have questioned why the US policy toward Isreal is so one-sided. In my view, it is because only a very vocal minority expresses any real opinion. A group of Jewish voters actively lobby, speak, write, advocate, etc. for a "support Isreal no matter what it does" position. None of the rest of us express any public opinion whatsoever. We do not vote based on U.S. policy toward Isreal, we do not write letters, demonstrate, give money, give support, etc. based on U.S. policy toward Isreal. Given the complete ambivalence everyone other than the pro-Isreal lobby expresses toward U.S. Isreal policy, any logical politian would adopt the pro-Isreal position. The only solution is for the rest of us to step up and vote, write, lobby, etc. based on U.S. Isreal policy. I'm guessing it just isn't a big enough deal to most Americans for anything to change.

  —luckycat Read luckycat's other letters
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