i suppose some of it can be ascribed to knee jerk partisanship that has become all too familiar. rhetoric that renders every decision that's made a disaster, a surrender, you're aiding terrorists, you're endangering freedom. on the other hand, i do think it's important to acknowledge another more understandable motivation behind the opposition to this deal -- or at least skepticism to this deal, and this is a sincere affinity for our friend and ally, israel. and affinity that, as someone who has been a stalwart friend to israel throughout my career, i deeply share. when the israeli government opposed to something, people in the united states take notice.