Israel is the defender here, and a rare example of sanity in the Middle East. Jews are also at the top of the lost of valuable contributors to the US (and the west in general). There's very good reasons to want Israel to survive. Extremist Islam meanwhile is a serious threat to our way of life. Gaza being a very good example of that threat. Ukraine meanwhile is a very cheap way to keep Russia at bay. If Ukraine falls, Russia isn't going to stop there. And Russia itself is increasingly an example of extremist Islam...