Peter,
I agree with you.
Politics has a spiritual component, always has and always will. It affect all of us to one degree or another, and having a dialog about how is important. The suppression of such a thoughtful dialogue is to dismiss the importance of what is happening in our country and the world.
I think one ground rule is to keep it not personal, but to realize that we are discussing powers and principalities and rulers in heavenly places.
The Jews are at the very center of God's purposes in both creation and the world.
The abandonment of the last administration of decades of US support for Israel opened them up to worldwide attack and condemnation by their enemies.
There should be a forum where such implications can be discussed I think.
I hope I am agreeing with you.
Art Gasch