I just did some internet reading concerning Zionism. As I know little about Zionism here are a couple things below for your consideration.
http://zionism-israel.com/zionism_history.htmThis runs a little long for reading so I apologize but found it interesting.
Is Zionism a Mental Illness? - Ex-Director, US Army War College in Veterans Today
I disagree with one assertion made by Dr. Sabrosky, that most American Jews hold primary loyalty to Israel. I am not aware of statistical evidence of that, and that has been far from my experience. Most American Jews I know are downright anarchists and think ALL nation-states are bullsh!t. Sabrosky is part Jewish on his grandmother's side. He is former Director of Studies (a dean-like position) at US Army War College, and hold the General of the Army Douglas MacArthur Chair of research. Dr. Sabrosky's teaching and research appointments have included the United States Military Academy, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Middlebury College and Catholic University; while in government service, he held concurrent adjunct professorships at Georgetown University and the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).
Sabrosky also renames Zionism as essentially "Jewish nationalism," another point of disagreement to me. I see Zionism is a political philosophy which has nothing to do with Judaism, is indeed anathema to it according to many scholarly declarations such as the 1925 statement of the Rabbinical Court of the Orthodox Community of Edas Yeshurun in Hungary. According to the Rabbis, Zionism is a heresy and an "abomination" since Israel is not to be established until the coming of the Messiah, when all nation-states would become irrelevant and all, not just Jews, would share in the peace and Kingdom on Earth. In their 1925 statement the Rabbi's pronounce:
Association with the Zionists is forbidden according to the Torah and our tradition. Zionism is a disgusting abomination. This announcement is based on all aspects of Jewish law. Every Jew who fears G-d will certainly accept our statement under the Code of Jewish Law and shall not stray from it to the left or the right.
(See Jews Against Zionism HERE, and HERE.)
As a Marine, Sabrosky declares his loyalty to be "America, first, last, and always." Dr. Sabrosky is of the opinion that 9/11 was a false flag attack executed by Israeli Mossad and treasonous domestic elements to draw the US into the destruction of Iraq.
In Veterans Today Sabrosky contends:
1. Zionism is a real witches brew of xenophobia, racism, ultra-nationalism, and militarism that places it way outside of a mere nationalist context for example, when I was in Ireland (both parts) I saw no indication whatsoever that the PIRAs or anyone else pressing for a united Ireland had a shred of design on shoving Protestants into camps or out of the country, although there may well have been a handful who thought that way and goes far beyond the misery for others professed by the Nazis;
2. Zionism undermines civic loyalty among its adherents in other countries in a way that other nationalist movements (and even ultra-nationalist movements like Nazism) did not...
3. The enemy of normal nationalist movements is the occupying power and perhaps its allies, and once independence is achieved, normal relations with the occupying power are truly the norm, but for Zionism almost everyone out there is an actual or potential enemy, differing only in proximity and placement on its very long list of enemies (which is now Americas target list)...
So the question is, as Sabrosky describes it, Zionism is a form of paranoia that the whole world is against you at all times. Therefore, would this make Zionism a mental illness?
I just did some internet reading concerning Zionis... (