The tide is shifting- and no matter how many Israeli flags you put, it’s no longer convincing.

But I’m young enough to see that my generation’s support for Israel is fading. We understand that the horrors of WW2 and accusations of antisemitism can no longer serve as an all-powerful excuse for the atrocities, the disregard for international law, and the stranglehold over our foreign policy.

Joe, I’m old enough to remember when Sacha Baron Cohen dressed up as a Mossad agent, and your love for Israel blinded you into supporting the idea of arming kindergartners on TV.

- Forced secularization, rampant inequality and corruption also fueled deep western resentment and suspicion, eventually giving rise to the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

- The Shah’s regime, backed by the U.S, was authoritarian and corrupt. Its secret police force (SAVAK) became notorious for tortures, executions, and mass surveillance of dissidents.

- Britain lobbied the U.S., who became increasingly concerned with Soviet influences, to overthrow Mossadegh via a joint CIA-MI6 coup (Operation Ajax) and reinstate the Shah (Mohammad Rezs Pahlavi), who was compliant with Western interests.

- However, his decision to nationalize the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC, now BP) angered Britain, who sought to control oil in Iran.

Both Vivek and Musk have proposed reforming the H-1B system to address potential abuse. The populist left opposing the H-1B system on the premise that “anything big corporations do is bad” is not much better than the populist right opposing all immigration by channeling ethnic nationalist hostility.