[thisislife2]

I never knew about "Christian zionism", or how it is so deeply tied with American politics till I watched these 2 interviews - https://tuckercarlson.com/tucker-show-fares-abraham-021826 and https://tuckercarlson.com/tucker-show-mike-huckabee-022026 (Yeah, I know it is from Tucker Carlson, and there is a lot of crap on his site. But there are some rare gems - good interviews - like these that offer us a rare insight into American and international politics. It is on his interview that the American ambassador to Israel publicly said that Israel has a "bibilical right" to the whole of middle-east and America is fine with those Israeli aspirations!)

[bitroughj]

Yes, the ambassador to Israel is very philosemitic. Shocking? I suppose if you don’t know what an ambassador is. Ambassadors do not determine policy, they maintain friendly relationships.

Who is more powerful, Ted Cruz (another “powerful” “Christian” Zionist) or Donald Trump? Or Larry Ellison vs Pastor Hagee?

It’s great that people can learn stuff. It’s worth learning, for example, who got us into the Iraq war. Hint: it wasn’t “Christian” Zionists. There are very few Christian Zionists, and almost none in positions of power compared to (non-Christian) religious or ethno-nationalist Zionists.

[thisislife2]

> Ambassadors do not determine policy, they maintain friendly relationships.

Yes, they however do spout the policy of the government they represent. And they are supposed to be diplomats (good diplomats do not say anything to jeopardise their country's relationships with other countries whom they call "allies" too).

[bitroughj]

You’ve persuaded me, Mike Huckabee is not a good ambassador if your goal is not to escalate anti-American sentiment in the Middle East, especially amongst our non-Israeli allies.