>Doug writes:
>
>"Oh, the U.S. can't be brutal on its own - it needs Israeli help.
>Just ask Brad Mayer."
>
>Well, you're right that we can be brutal on our own, but in point of
>fact, the U.S. _has_ asked the Israelis for help in developing and
>carrying out targeted assassinations. This will not be perceived in
>a neutral way in the middle east and throughout the world.
>
>I mean, it used to be that we unoficially contracted with the
>Israelis to do work that was too dirty or too illegal for us -- as
>in Guatemala and Angola (just to mention two examples); now the U.S.
>is openly asking for instruction and openly declaring itself to be
>carrying out such operations. That's a change.
Sure. No dispute from me (though the U.S. is trying to do it quietly, not exactly in the open). But what bothers me is Brad's obsession with Israel and the language he uses to express it. It discredits his own argument.
Doug