{"id":81251,"date":"2015-12-05T17:36:05","date_gmt":"2015-12-06T01:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=81251"},"modified":"2019-06-20T07:49:46","modified_gmt":"2019-06-20T15:49:46","slug":"jews-the-2003-iraq-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=81251","title":{"rendered":"Jews &#038; The 2003 Iraq War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>American Jews had a more skeptical view than regular Americans about the wisdom of invading Iraq in 2003, and yet the major Jewish organizations were pushing the war, just another example of how Jewish elites are out of touch with the sentiments of regular Jews.<\/p>\n<p>Torah Jews aka Orthodox Jews are obsessed with study and observance of Torah and the safety of their children and of their communities. 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