Israel's right to exist

[Jeet Heer]

In support of what Joanna says, the Zionist group FLAME once described
Israel as a giant air-craft carrier in the Middle East that the U.S. could
call upon at any time. They meant that as praise. Moreover hardline Zionists
like Norman Podhoretz always urge the U.S. to "unleash" the Israelis on the
Arabs. A very revealing phrase, I think: on some level they see Israel as an
attack dog. And I don't understand how anyone truly concerned for the fate
of Jews in the Middle East could think in these terms, so I'm inclined to
think that for them the project of American imperial domination over-rides
everything else.

Currently, if the
> campaign in the Middle East expands, Israel (armed to the teeth and ready
> to fight) should be quite helpful. At least, that's what Sharon and the
> like think.
>
> Joanna
>