I can't truly say when it was that I learnt about the unusual connection that American evangelicals have with Israel. But I'm going to assume it happened as I got more acquainted with American politics.
I thought this dynamic, this awkward "love" that American Evangelicals profess for Israel was obviously polluting our politics, our ability to see the picture clearly; But... I truly had no clue of how deep the rabbit hole goes.
I hope that before anybody jumping the gun on this subject, they take the time to hear us out on this. My wife, an Israeli, has a perspective that bears hearing.
A super touchy subjective, a controversial one, for sure, but one that we should not be afraid of learning more about.
MenO