St Michael Traveler,
Yes we support Israel but we also support Egypt to the tune of a billion or 2 a year. We also support a lot of other countries, many that don’t share our interests. At least we know Israel is a true friend and ally. Israel is also a high tech powerhouse. Many companies do research and development in Israel.
You imply that only we supply Israel economically, politically and with intelligence why don’t you mention the intelligence and technology Israel shares with us?
Perhaps you need to review Middle East history.
“The Middle East For Dummies” book is a good start.
Palestine, actually the Gaza and West Bank, are now politically and geographically distinct areas. The Gaza being led by Hamas a terrorist organization that vows to destroy Israel and who have ties to Iran, and the West Bank who is led by Abbas who is more moderate and more likely to achieve some sort of peace accord.
Merging the two would only make Hamas stronger because they are more militant and will use all sorts of terror to secure their grip on the Palestinian people.
America though its military might insures the free flow of Middle East oil to the world. Therefore, we support all nations who need Middle East oil. Are we getting some sort of premium on this insurance policy? No all we get is derision because America also supports Israel. Sucn infantile mentality. I suggest America become oil self-sufficient. Then we could deal with these terror supporting nations as we see fit and not have to come begging as Bush is doing now in saudi Arabia. The Saudi’s cannot defend themselves. They may have some F-16′s but can they operate them in a combat situation? Do they have a standing army capable of deterring invading forces? I doubt it. Iran is not far away. Speaking of Iran are they already be de facto rulers of Lebanon and Gaza? Their puppets in Syria dance to the Mullah’s strings. Their proxy Nasrallah controls half of Lebanon. And they supply Hamas with arms. If Iran were to somehow take control of Iraq they would gain control of most of the Middle East then would work on the remaining GCC states one by one. A nuclear Iran would insure that fate. Yet many believe Israel is the “Problem”. Yeah they’re the problem (as well as America)of Iran’s goal of a creating a Caliphate with them as Caliph. Would you rather have a Democratic nation capable of compromise or some Islamic fundamentalist nation allowing only Sharia law deciding how you live?
