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In reply to the discussion: Damning New Evidence Shows How Israel Bribed Republican Traitors To Sabotage Obama On Iran Deal [View all]Grins
(9,482 posts)Long ago I was pro-Israel. After the USS Liberty and Jonathon Pollard - no more. Eff them. Israel wants us to fight their dirty wars for them and refuse to do anything about coming to terms with the Palestinians. Bribing American legislators? I don't doubt it for a second, and doubt that this is the first time.
Now reading Quicksand: America's Pursuit of Power in the Middle East by Geoffrey Wawro. Much better than I thought it would be. There are sections in there where Truman, Ike, Kennedy, Johnson, are all told by the middle east states that the problem is, first, Israel, that our one-sided view of Israel-can-do-no-wrong philosophy is the major problem. Truman is told by King Faisal - effing Faisal! - if you continue to support Israel I can't help you. And by this time, we had known all about peak-oil in the U.S. for a couple of years.
The defense science board asked after 9/11 "Why do they hate us?", unlike Rush Limbaugh they laid it on the line:
"Muslims do not hate our freedom, but rather they hate our policies. The overwhelming majority voice their objections to what they see as one-sided support in favor of Israel and against Palestinian rights...."
Pretty clear.
Every nation in the middle east has said that very thing. And we continue not to hear. We continue to look the other way as we spend billions on Israel. And the frustration builds, and builds. To the point they react with kidnappings, hijacking aircraft and ocean liners, murder, attacks on American companies, and now terrorism on a world-wide scale.
We are so stu-pud.