The only reason for unconditional support of Israel, which is the root of our Crusade in the Middle East (not oil), is the thinly concealed fundamentalist superstition that Christ comes back when the Temple is rebuilt. US foreign policy is rife with eschatology.

— Asher's Maxim 78

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Asher Black is a former literary and review editor who writes, thinks, reads, listens, and is interested in the interior darkness of the soul.

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