Having spent time in the middle east I have seen both sides. War is a nasty business and one should never fight to lose or stay even. Israel is our only friend in the region. Beguiled by the self hating academic elite only because Israelis are western and have similar values to us. As a people, they are educated, liberal (in the good sense), and productive.
Many say that Israel is the center of gravity for middle east conflict. I believe that they are a temporizing force that keeps Sunnis and Shiites from annihilating each other.
Just as the western world could not fathom what it would be like if suddenly the US ceased to exist, I would be horrified to think of a middle east without Israel. It would be a thousand years of darkness with ape***t Muslims running amok and unchecked.
