Keith, there are comparatively few well-informed people on this issue. Normalcy in these times might be construed as being sociopathic or psychotic. Elected leaders are politicians and have to pay the piper. They are lobbied by special interests such as AIPAC who spread their propaganda about Israel with impunity. The "loonies" as you put it are the ones who have decided that aggression and warfare are a solution to the Mid-East conflict. It's interesting that you bring up the Left-Wing as an epithet as if this was some legitimate argument in favor of supporting Israeli brutality by smearing those of a different political persuasion. This doesn't seem logical or convincing.