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> "Israel Lobby" Essay Creates Firestorm in US

6 April 2006, 01:26

Hmm, if you actually go to AIPACs site and review their historial initiatives, as well as those of proIsraeli groups, the vast majority of them were in no way supported by the US, and often blocked. In fact, it is common knowledge in Israel that too many times has Israel put its national security second to American interests in the region. This is most evident today as Israel was pressured by a Bush/Blair deal to allow Hamas to participate in elections. History is full of such examples, like Israel being bombed by Saddam in the first gulf war and being blocked from defending itself because of US/Coalition interests. Further, there is quite a large movement within many political parties in Israel and among some of the strongest American supporters that the US should cut off all aid to Israel, even if aids her enemies, so to begin to sever the constant constraints put on Israeli self defense. Top war scholars argue that had Israel not been bound, there would be no Israel-Arab conflict today because Israel would have been allowed to "finish" her defensive wars rather than prolong them slowly into wars of attrition over 50 years. Can any of you name any nations who won defensive wars only to shrink in size, and give back the strategic lands used to invade and attack her over decades?

Lastly if you study opinions of Israelis vs American Jews, they vary quite a bit and are often at odds with each other. The most Hawkish Israelis resent the "naive" and dovish Americans who they deem as, how do you say, monday night quarterbacks?

I think all of you should never stop being so disproportionably critical of Israel. Because of you Israelis have learned that they must never rely on the reason of humanity, but rather on themselves. That is why, per capita, it leads the world in the number of scientists, twice that of Germany, the US, and Japan. It is why its people have the highest ratio of academic degrees per person, highest ratio of scientific peer-reviewed publications, highest rate of patents filed, the largest number of innovative start-ups per capita - in fact on average you 9 of 10 of you are using more than 5 Israeli-made technologies just to read this. If you’re on your cell phone, 8, including the cell technology itself.

Keep hating, cause once you stop they’ll get too comfortable.