I am a big supporter of these surveys, so please bear with me. To even ask this question is an indication of how screwed up our government has become. We race into areas like Libya and support completely unknown entities in a manufactured revolution, yet we fail to come to the aid of a known ally, who is being relentlessly attacked without provocation. Not only do I agree with the Israelis fighting back, I believe we should be alongside them. If you have not figured it out yet, let me inform you. There are dark forces at work here, both home and abroad. Their ultimate aim is to have a single World government. What we are seeing in the Middle East is the pairing down of opponents to this movement - all those countries that could pose the biggest opposition are being taken out and replaced by leadership that will agree to the World government. They're done with Egypt and Libya, and they are working now to bring down Syria. Israel is next on the list. The Middle East Sector will ultimately have one representative speaking for the Arab world - a world without Israel.

Did the US have a right to go after 9/11 terrorists? Would we allow another country to do to us what Isreal is having to endure? Why are you wasting time with this discussion?

Why would we think that they don't? Would we put up with 1000 rockets coming from another coutry into our neighborhoods?

The Palestinian's do not have an right to a homeland. Isreal has a large number of Palestinians whom are Isreali citizens, and happy. Hamas has gotten tons of money and misused it.

I think Israel has the right to defend itself, but don't involve US Troops.

Not only does Israel have the inherent right to defend itself from Hamas rocket attacks, but it also has the responsibility to protect its people and nation from attacks from outside, from those whose sole goal is to totally destroy the nation of Israel. They have spent the last 64 years trying to live in peace with their neighbors, but have been attacked, yet prevailed, numerous times since they became a nation in 1948. They have traded land for "peace" numerous times over the years, yet peace never lasts. When they are attacked, not only do they have the right to defend themselves to whatever extent they deem necessary, but they have the right to do so to an extent that will preclude the attacks from continuing. This is not just a "tit-for-tat" thing. This is an issue of "you come after me with a knife, I'll come after you with a gun. You come after me with a gun, I'll come after you with a rocket. You come after me with a rocket, I'll come after you with a nuke." This is trying to put an end to being attacked. GOD bless Israel and protect Jerusalem!!!!!

Sure, no question. Not even Mr. Obama disagrees with this. However, the citizens of the United Sates would be much better served were you to ask the question(s) (and demanded the answers to) what happened in BenGahzi? who authorized Fast and Furious, Why did Ambassador Rice lie? Why no official "public" opinion from State on the Palestinian attack against Israel or Why no response to Turkey calling Israel a terrorist nation for defending themselves? Or domestically, why is the President hopping around small Asian countries when unemployment here remains at 23 million? What progress is being made towards avoiding the fiscal cliff? The bottom line Congressman is that the question you pose is just one minor issue in the mine-field that is USA politics right now - and as our country continues to wallow at all-time low employment and morale, Republicans seem to have no clue as to get things moving and hold this current administration accountable for some of their outrageous failures. The President stated he issued a statement on the Libya attack the very next morning. Ambassador Rice was on TV that weekend. It only took days to collect the intel and disseminate the lie to the people. How come it has been over 10 weeks now and you still cannot get us- your employer- an answer as to what happened? We will not let this rest but with each passing day, it becomes more clear that those in office now may not be up to the job.

How come we haven't had a budget in 4 years? How can their be a deficit if we don't have a budget? I don't think that's possible. What fiscal cliff? If we don't have a budget, who cares? We're not overspending since no limit was ever established. But, back to more important questions, how many think a dog has the right to chase a squirrel?

Yes they can and should defend themselfs with out the help of the US or our money!!!!!!!

I do believe Israel has a right to defend itself, AS DO THE PALESTINANS. Mr. Forbes, I'm sure you're very much aware that the International Court of Justice has maintained that the Israeli occupation of the West Bank of the Jordan River, Gaza, and East Jerusalem is unlawful and yet Israel continues to occupy this area. Under Article 49, paragraph 6 of the 4th Geneva Convention, Israel is in "flagrant violation" per the United Nations Security Council.(just fyi-the U.S . did ratify the 4th Geneva Convention, remember?) American taxpayers DO contribute to the persecution of Palestinians by way of sending approximately 4 billion dollars a year in military aid to Israel(which is now the fourth largest military power in the world). Furthermore, and this is according to the most widely read Israeli newspaper the Jersusalem Post, "Israel has matured into an economic powerhourse, stronger currency and a lower unemployment rate than the U.S. and the E.U." They offer free college tuition to all Israelis. Also, if you're a Jewish American, the U.S. allows you the opportunity to have citizenship in both Israel and the U.S.(I think you should have allegiance to ONE country and I prefer mine-and I want to remind others on this blog we are NOT a theocracy-that's one of the things that makes the U.S. great. Unlike Israel. When Netanyahu speaks, he speaks about protecting Jews, not Israelis). Let's not conflate the fact that palestinians being mostly muslim(although there are Christians in palestine as well) with being people who deserve to be destroyed for defending themselves against an illegal occupation . I don't want to be tagged as a Liberal Democrat because my views don't agree with some of the aforementioned ones. My religion is truth and if you wanna know the truth, research the crimes committed against the Palestinians. Mr. Forbes, the plausible solution is to constrain/restrain Israel by holding back aid and to push for a two state solution in that area. I'm sure you're very well versed in the situation at hand and most Americans, quite frankly, are not. They believe most of the "malarkey" that's promulgated out there. The only two countries IN THE WORLD who have not spoken AGAINST the atrocities occurring in Palestine are the U.S. and Israel. Our government has looked the other way for a very long time. Oh, by the way, did we help Israel build their Iron Dome Defense System?? I've run on a lot, but I do believe we could save money here by cutting back aid to Israel and spending the money on AMERICANS and pushing for a plausible two state solution. I invite others here to look deeply into what is really going on and keep an open and objective mind. If you do, you'll be sickened by what Israel is perpetrating in the name of democracy. And as far as mandating the Israeli holyland... you don't see the U.S. giving back the entirety of this country to the indigenous people because they were here 15 thousand years ago until the WASPS assimilated or wiped them out. I'm not even gonna argue the validity of the state of Israel... it is what it is...Israel just needs to stay within those pre 1967 borders, Use their Iron Dome and leave Palestine to the Palestinians.

Of course, Israel has a right to defend it citizens from rocket attacks from Hamas. However, that is a very simplistic view of the situation. For the past several years Israel has excercised a blockage of Gaza, in order to prevent missiles from coming in from Iran. However, that blockage has also prevented necessary things for the people of Gaza, things like cement to build structures. What Israel is doing is a de facto declaration of war against Hamas. In addition, Israel escalated the situation by the targeted assassination of a Hamas leader. That is when Hamas launched rockets that can reach Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. A solution requires Hamas stop launching rockets and Israel to ease its restrictions on Gaza.

Israel is God's land given to His chosen people. There are NO Palestinans. They are Arabs that follow Islam. Like all decendants of Abraham and the slave woman, they hate the children of the son of promise. Hamas is great at PR. They fire their missles from schools and homes so there will be women and children injured. Then they point the finger at Israel for killing them. WE know that you can't deal with terorist. They only understand a strong response. YES, ISRAEL MUST DEFEND THE LAND. Land for peace doesn't work either. If the arabs really wanted peace, they would agree to carve out a place in Jordan or Iran for these people.

Let us not forget what started this latest conflagration - another assination carried out by Israel. The palestinians retaliated with with what they had available - aluminum tubing and fertilizer. Granted, firing home made weapons without guidance systems toward population centers was a poor response, but the "eye-for-an-eye" mentality is prevalent in this part of the world. Sure, Israel has the right to DEFEND itself as do all other countries. Israel must also accept responsibility for their actions. We must not allow our country to be drawn into a conflict in the region that is created by the aggressive behavior of Israel. Keep an eye on them, Iran could be next.

Congressman Forbes, you worry me sir. This is a bizarre question and I believe your motivation has very deep neocon roots attached to it. I do not believe you are committed to diplomatic solutions in this part of the world and that you are positioning your constituents to accept military intervention in the region soon. There is no evidence whatsoever that you have been listening to your constituency on the full range of issues facing the nation. Every week the constituents plead with you for moderation, from tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires, to rational judgment on debt (you having voted to actually shove the country into default), to opposition on healthcare, reform of the financial industry, opposition to the Password Protection Act, irresponsible vote to hold the Attorney General in contempt, and even to force the Navy to spend millions of dollars in maintenance for ships they don't even want. You were sent to Washington with a balanced budget and during your tenure the policy you helped implement ran up 10 trillion dollars in debt. I have begged you to urge your leadership to just vote on the Jobs bill you've had for over a year - that caused the lost of 1 MILLION jobs and dramatically worsened our current budget deficit. No nation can stand by while rockets rein on their citizens. But I'm concerned about Palestinian Christians Mr. Forbes and you never speak out in concern for their welfare. Large Christian denominations in America have urged positions of divestment from Israeli business interests operating in occupied land. Do you not think it was outrageous that Mr. Netanyahu yet AGAIN, THIS SUMMER, moved forward with even more settlement activity? Let us not lose sight of the tremendous loss to the region when the Israeli leader Rabin, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, was brutally murdered by a right wing radical from his own country. Let us not forget that in the Oslo Accords Israel's right to exist was affirmed as they desired. Let us not forget that recently Abbas has relinquished the Palestinian right to return demand. That was a significant compromise. Let us not forget the brutal murder of an American peace activist who was run over by a bulldozer while trying to protect the home of somone working in the medical field. She was wearing an orange vest and had a megaphone at the time. Let us not forget the numerous occassions of international condemnation over the settlement activity and the world-wide condemnation only 4 years ago of actions far beyond what was reasonable, awful as it was in any event. We saw the Israeli government inflict over a billion dollars of infrastructure damage in Lebannon as well, creating a human rights emergency for thousands of Christians and many Americans too. Do you not find it outrageous that Israel's current Interior minister called for returning Gaza to the Middle Ages, with destruction of all its infrastructure to include even water!!! Does it not alarm you that the son of Ariel Sharon called for the total destruction of Gaza? Three Israeli deaths are tragic to be sure, but we lose that many on a Saturday night in southside Chicago every weekend. What we need here is heavy pressure on the Israeli government to end the illegal occupations and cut a deal on a Palestinian state with mutually agreed upon land swaps. We aren't going to get there without tough pressure on both sides. We have seen Mr. Netanyahu hold up silly cartoon signs of a bomb at the U.N. The fact is sir, that Mr. Netanyahu, in 1993 while in the Israeli government, said that Iran would be nuclear by 1995. He has made a career out of paranoia. The Israeli government is trying hard to suck us into a disasterous military conflict that even the former head of Israeli security, on 60 Minutes, publically acknowledged would be catastrophic for the world. Mr. Forbes, this question is another highly offensive query of your constituents. It frankly insults us, yet again. I'm very worried about you sir. Israel is defending itselt with the Iron Dome technology, technology that us tax payers are helping to fund. But the best course of action here is to exert heavy diplomatic pressure on both sides and to quickly move on creation of a Palestinian state. I'm not sure if you were one of the 97 members who signed that ridiculous letter on Ambassador Rice, but I will be calling your office next week to find out. Get tough with Netanyahu sir. I would wager you did absolutely nothing when he again moved forward with more settlements a few months ago. Can you prove me wrong sir? When are you going to stand up for Palestinian Christians Mr. Forbes. When?