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Our "Worthless" Ally

by Donovan
People will "get it" eventually, if they don't already.
The worthlessness of our Israeli "ally" was amply demonstrated during
the Gulf crisis. Not a single Israeli soldier or tank fought
alongside coalition forces, even though the US spent many billions to
arm Israel. Far from being an effective policeman, Israel is a
regional pariah of no help to US interests in the region. Indeed
Zionist meddling in US foreign policy helped cause the Gulf crisis in
the first place. For many years prior to 1990, the pro-Israel lobby
blocked arms sales to Arab Gulf states. They were denied sufficient
arms even though they had ample funds to pay for them and legitimate
defense concerns that had nothing to do with Israel. The Zionists
ensured that Israel received massive arms aid even though it could
not pay for this nor make any contribution to the defense of US
interests. The Osirak bombing of 1981, by the way, was of no real
significance. Iraq didn't dare use its chemical weapons against the
US in 1991, and would have been deterred from using nuclear bombs
even if it had possessed a few. The significance of Israel's 1981
raid has been greatly exaggerated by her toadies here to mask the
worthlessness of their favorite little foreign country.--- In
antiisrael@y..., "uwrk" <msdonovan66@h...> wrote:
> The Zionist lobby endlessly rationalizes massive US outlays to
Israel
> by portraying it as an "ally" of the US, but that is nonsense.
Israel
> is not a true ally in the sense of sharing the same INTERESTS as
the
> US. Our interests in the Mideast really lie with the Arabs who
> possess vitally important oil reserves; indeed US backing of Israel
> potentially jeopardizes those interests. Israel is merely a client
or
> aid recipient. Although of no real value to the US or anyone else,
> Israel receives inordinate US aid, testifying to the dominance of
our
> government by the agents of a parasitical foreign power.
by i know better...
Look, I don't know how old you were during the Gulf War but in case you've forgotten, Israel wanted all too well to attack Iraq during the Gulf War but the US pressured them not to. SCUDS were falling on Israel and the govt. was facing a lot of popular pressure to strike back but the US under George W. Bush convinced them to hold tight while we bombed the fuck out of Baghdad. The reasons were strategic. We knew if we involved Israel it would piss off the Muslim countries who were supporting us (Turkey, Saudia Arabia, UAE, etc.).

Yes, we have an interest in the oil supply and do support plenty of despotic Arab regimes like Saudi Arabia and Egypt. In fact, Egypt is #2 in line for foreign aid after Israel. But the fact of the matter is nothing works better to represent US interests in the region than a big stick. That big stick is Israel. Our bully in the neighborhood if you will.

Please get a little education on the issues you are yacking about because you sound like a fucking idiot.
by with or against us
Isreal is a military welfare recipient - not an ally.

Subordinating entire nations to puppet-dictators for the purpose of stealing resources is called "slavery". It is not acceptable.
by ........
Both of the above comments I can agree with. Israel certainly is a military welfare recipient engaged in questionable activities. On the other hand, the poster who claimed the US asked Israel not to intervene against Iraq in 1991 is correct. The person who wrote the article at the top, however, is really distorting things quite a bit.
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