Toby Katz:
a) Per the midrash Esav/Edom/Gentiles are the eternal enemy of the Jewish people!
b) American Christians are our best buddies, so cuddle up everybody!
DovBear:
a) The Midrash speaks of individuals, not nations. Though the Rabbis of the Talmud (and their successors) used the midrash polemically, there no agadic source that Esav/Edom/Gentiles will hate us forever.
b) Beware of Christians. They are fairweather friends.
Which position is intellectually coherent?
