John Mearsheimer has written an excellent piece,
American public opinion and the special relationship with Israel, published on Mondoweiss. He cites the Chicago Council on Global Affairs
major study of how the American public think about foreign policy. He shows, for example, that unconditional support for Israel is declining and a majority of American's oppose defending Israel in the event of a war with Iran.
"a clear majority of Americans (56%) say that if Israel were to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities, Iran were to retaliate against Israel, and the two were to go to war, the United States should not bring its military forces into the war on the side of Israel and against Iran.”
And on the 'special relationship':
only 33 percent of those surveyed feel that Israel is “very important” to the United States, while 41 percent said it was “somewhat important.” It is also worth noting that on the list of countries that were said to be “very important” to the United States, Israel ranked fifth behind China, Great Britain, Canada, and Japan. Of course, all of those countries have a normal relationship with the United States, not a special relationship like the one Israel has with Washington.
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