it is a popular myth that arabs (muslims) support terrorism while it is antithema to israelis (or jews). i guess it just depends on who is in power. From wikipedia:
The King David Hotel bombing (July 22, 1946) was a bomb attack against the British Mandate government of Palestine and its armed forces by members of the Irgun, a militant Zionist organization, which was led at the time by Menachem Begin, a future Prime Minister of Israel.
The ensuing explosion caused the collapse of the south-western corner of the southern wing of the hotel. 91 people were killed, most of them staff of the secretariat and the hotel: 28 British, 41 Arab, 17 Jewish, and 5 others. Around 45 people were injured. Some of the deaths and injuries occurred in the road outside the hotel and in adjacent buildings.
The attack on the hotel was the deadliest attack against the British during the years of the Mandate (1920-1948) and is often credited as being a major factor in the British decision to relinquish the Mandate. It has also been cited by Walter Enders and Todd Sandler’s book The Political Economy of Terrorism as an event that provided a role model for other massive bombings in the 1980s and beyond such as the Bologna railway station bombing (1980) and Chechen bombings in Moscow.[2]
In July 2006, Israelis including former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former members of Irgun attended a 60th anniversary celebration of the bombing, which was organized by the Menachem Begin Centre. The British Ambassador in Tel Aviv and the Consul-General in Jerusalem dissented, saying “We do not think that it is right for an act of terrorism, which led to the loss of many lives, to be commemorated.” They also protested against an Israeli plaque that claims that people died because the British ignored warning calls, saying it was untrue and “did not absolve those who planted the bomb.” The plaque read “For reasons known only to the British, the hotel was not evacuated.” City officials agreed to slightly amend the wording on the plaque.
Also take this recently declassified British assessment. here are some excerpts of the news story:
-LONDON – When British military leaders set up a special task force in 1969 to study how best to use deception to achieve their battlefield aims, they turned their attention to the tactics used by the Israelis — not the Americans.
…After Egypt blocked the strategic Straits of Tiran and expelled U.N. forces from the Sinai Desert, Israel launched pre-emptive strikes on June 5, 1967, against Egyptian and Syrian air forces, destroying them on the ground. In six days of one-sided battles, Israeli forces captured the West Bank, Golan Heights, the Gaza Strip and Sinai from Jordan, Syria and Egypt.
In an unsigned, top secret military document, that war was cited as “an example of how deception can be employed in the modern era and in such a way that the enemy decision making process is placed at a severe disadvantage.”
…A “Top Secret UK Eyes Only” document from June 1, 1972, states that radical differences in the national character make it unlikely that American officers will be able to use deception to their strategic advantage.-
huh, national character. interesting.
so factor this in with ever increasing evidence supporting the claims made by the survivors of the USS Liberty attacked by israel in that war.
also keeping American energy locked up and unavailable has one of the effects of keeping the middle east a key strategic priority. is this just a coincidence?
it is easy for israel to say we are americas best friend. it is a very one way relationship. they give us some throw away votes in the UN, it’s never any skin off them…”oh we’d love to help but that would incite the arabs”. and for their freindship they only require billions in economic and military aid, and stolen national security secrets to sell to the highest bidder. whatever is best for israel, for it’s only natural for a nation to look out for it’s best interests…as long as that nation isn’t the USA.
and israel plays the evangelical christians masterfully. lobbying congress for israeli interests at america’s expense, but the evangelical’s believe they are speeding the way to the second coming by blindly supporting every israeli action. the irony must be very rich to the israeli’s.
so, if you are so confident that israel can stand on its own. and since many believe they would benefit without the us trying to reign them in. let’s test your theory. it’s a win win right? i mean if you really believe it. israel is very good at making enemies. let’s see if that strategy works with a neutral US policy toward israel.
