The 51st State

It must be indicative of something (But what?) when the County Sheriff has to "shout" before Congress:

"the security of Israel has always been at the forefront of my thinking. And for you to associate me somehow through some circuitous attack on CAIR, is not only inappropriate, it is un-American."

We'd just as soon the sheriff keep the security of residents of Los Angeles County at the forefront of his chromedome, & let the Mossad handle Israel. We s'pose his being seen as "soft on Israeli security" would not be conducive to reëlection, but it seems odd that an issue like that would be considered important to a local law enforcement election. What is the dog-catcher's stand on North Korea?