‘Unconditional support’ for Israel doesn’t exist

‘Unconditional support’ for Israel doesn’t exist

It has become axiomatic, on both the Left and the Right, to claim that America has always given Israel “unconditional support.” Tucker Carlson has said as much. So has Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), among many, many others. But there’s a problem with this narrative: It’s not true. And one only needs to read a history book to find out why. As historians such as Walter Russell Mead have documented, America has long had a special relationship with Zionism…