Ukraine is on border of Russia and a buffer between Russia and many NATO countries. If Ukraine falls, there is no doubt that Russia will not stop there and will extend its aggression to other NATO countries-and that is a threat to our national security. Unfortunately, the support for this crucial country is being held hostage to partisan politics.

While our national interests are obvious in Ukraine, but what are our national interests in Israel? So far, the only national interest stated by Government, politicians, and all columnists (including Thomas Friedman) is that Israel is the only Democracy in the Middle East, which is also in doubt considering religious extremists taking hold in Israeli political parties and Judicial mess. Well, what do we expect? We always supported dictatorships and authoritarianism in other Middle East countries and did our best to keep them in power. What is so special about Israel being a Democracy that we abandon all our moral values and give unconditional support to Israel despite violent oppression of Palestinians for decades-and which is contradictory to all Democratic values. We can get more bang for our buck for supporting many other Democracies in the world than continue to support an apartheid regime.