About "neutrality" (slightly off-topic)...
In France, over a very long period of right-wing government (back in the 60's and 70's), "apolitism" was actually right-wing opinion. Disagreeing with the government was a "political" stance, supporting it was not.
I happened to be in the French Bethel when François Mitterrand became President in May 1981 (first left-wing politician to get there in decades); the gloomy faces and comments of the Branch Office Committee clearly showed how "neutral" they were. Quite funny indeed.
JWs as well as most fundies tend to agree with the far right wing on many "society" questions (abortion, homosexuality... or security). Yet unlike most fundies they often find themselves with the far left on military issues...
About international politics, I don't remember a very clear position on the Near East issues. As a result of Rutherford's clearing away Israel from his "prophetical" scope they seem to be far less pro-Israel than other fundies.
The WT teaching against racism, nationalism and militarism was certainly what most attracted me to it, even when I had serious doubts... But as Pope said, the local reality could be very different. I remember being quite shocked when I discussed with a South-African "brother" at some "international convention": when speaking of his own country (still under Apartheid) he expressed a lot of racist stereotypes such as "the Black cannot organize themselves, make things work and so on..."
