Why Do They Hate America?

Glenn Greenwald points out how Republicans are able to side with Israel against the interests of the United States (h/t John Cole):

UPDATE:  Prime Minister Netanyahu is scheduled to address a joint session of Congress - having been invited by House Republicans -- and David Frum excitedly wonders this:

I think a better question is whether the ovation will be longer and more enthusiastic than those accorded American Presidents. It is ironic indeed that the same GOP members who will stand and cheer wildly for this foreign leader in conflict with their own country's President are typically the first to scream "unpatriotic!" accusations at others.

It really ticks me off that a bunch of chicken hawks and Rapture believers will go out of their way to support a country that has little strategic value for the United States, against the interests of the United States.  It doesn't make sense to me why Israel, whose only real ally is the United States, gets to dictate policy to our country.  Netanyahu is a radical nut, and Republicans defend him as opposed to our President.  Imagine if Democrats backed Jacques Chirac against Bush in the leadup to the Iraq war.  They would have been pushing for treason charges.  I always found it humorous that the former half-term governor from Alaska had two flags in her office, a U.S. flag and an Israeli flag.  Remember, her state has zero ties to Israel, but is contiguous to Canada.  Wouldn't her state actually share some interests with their neighbor as opposed to a tiny strip of desert halfway around the world?  Oh well, nobody ever accused Republicans of being smart.