I think it’s both, WV.
I think the narrow focus of American foreign policy is that we have to be bestest buddies or we kill the guy in charge and find one who’ll be our bestest, enabling, codependent buddy.
I mean one can’t overthrow as many democratically elected governments as ours has and truly believe in democracy.
And, yes, the Israeli influence is very hard to overstate.
Sports is the crucible of human virtue. The distillate remains are human vice.