Zionism was a necessity. Jews got tired of pograms. They wanted a place to live. I think today that anyone who is Jewish is automatically a citizen of Israel (although I stand to be corrected on that), and I do not think Jews have anything to apologize for with regard to Zionism. I personally don't give a rat's ass who likes my position or not. If I were Jewish, and given the history of persecution Jews have faced, I'd want a home I knew I'd be welcome in at anytime. And, given the sordidity of that history, I'd want a few nukes around just to have. Jews have depended on the various countries they lived in to protect them with law. Does anyone here need a list of countries in which that failed? No. Next time there's a pogram against Jews, it will be very expensive for all concerned. And it's about time.

Bruce M