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>What benefits does the U.S. *possibly* gain from having Israel as a
>"client state" in the Middle East?
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Israel is pretty good for containing/dismantling independant arab nationalism. Israel is a *useful* military base. Israel is also good as a middleman for shipping U.S. arms to otherwise more *sensitive* clients. good for *recruiting* india for the war on *terrorism*....... *holocaust* propaganda is good as a cover for U.S. fascist/colonial/hegemonic agenda.
~M.E.