First if you are going to claim to have such knowledge on the subject, then learn to spell Israel! the a before the e!Isreal
No this is classic anti-semitism! People distort the power of AIPAC and the Jewish American. People cry that the Jews got us into Iraq, yet the vast majority of Jews were against it and still against it. That includes, actually especially includes, the bigwigs in Hollywood!Do the pro-Isreali factions distort American foreign policy for it's benefit?
Poll: Jews against Iraq war - Jewish News of Greater Phoenix
"Groups Mum On Iraq, Despite Antiwar Tide - Forward.com"
PLEASE! When has any American soldiers set foot during any of Israel's wars! The answer is they haven't! How great of a friend we're we in '48? We put an arms embargo onto the entire area, however the other superpower was arming to the teeth Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Libya, Lebanon and Syria! In '53 the Americans are the ones that forced the Israelis to ceases military actions, after winning deceive victories after the Egyptian attack. The 60s is when the tide turned, mainly because the US was using Israel as a pawn in the cold war. But again in '67, '73, '82 etc not one US soldier set foot in any Israel wars. Yet America went to war to protect Kuwait, South Korea and South Vietnam. France, UK, Cuba (Spainish American War) and Europe!To be sure. America has been allied to Isreal since 1948 unquestionably, and I think from an America-first viewpoint, unwisely, too.
Now I am not delussional to believe that the billions of dollars we send in military aid is small patotoes!
Our efforts in South America, Asia (Vietnam and Korea), Africa, Afghanistan (both now and against the Russians) and even Iraq (Desert Storm had nothing to do with Israel, rather everything to do with Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Oil; Also the 2nd Gulf War as NOTHING to do with Israel, in fact I can make an arguement that Israel is much worse off with Sadam and his Iran/Ayatollah hating regime being replaced with the Shia and Iran friendly regime) have nothing to do with Israel!But does our entire foreign policy hinge on that single issue?
Not hardly.
How so?The continued existence of Isreal and our support of it is, I think, just part of a grander world order vision that is unfolding and has been unfolding since the fall of the Soviet Union.