Reply #99: This unintentional misnomer - [View All]

[Mike K]

- <...>"The question is whether a close ally can throw juvenile tantrums and abuse its protector indefinitely without consequences." - is cause for much confusion.

The word, ally, implies a reciprocally beneficial relationship between entities. In reality, Israel is a protectorate, not an ally. Those who disagree should specify Israel's contributions to the so-called "alliance."

My understanding is Israel has does nothing for the U.S. in exchange for the valuable support it has received from us thoroughout its existence. What we have gotten from Israel is a murderous attack on the USS Liberty and a long history of spying and one major espionage operation (the Pollard affair).

Also, there is ample cause to believe that the 9/11 attack was provoked by U.S. support of Israel:

The following is excerpted from a PBS Frontline (John Miller) 1998 interview with Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan.
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<. . .>We know at least one reason behind the symbolic participation of the Western forces and that is to support the Zionist plans for expansion of what is called the Greater Israel. Surely, their presence is not out of concern over their interests in the region. ... Their presence has no meaning save one and that is to offer support to the Jews in Palestine who are in need of their Christian brothers to achieve full control over the Arab Peninsula which they intend to make an important part of the so called Greater Israel. ...

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/binladen/who/interview.html