>One might reasonably claim that US support for Israel (putting aside the
>question of whether or not that support is justified) is contrary to its
>interests in ensuring a continual, stable, and cheap supply of oil from
>the region. And, oh, I forgot: it also makes terrorists want to kill us.
Of course there's no evidence that anyone of significance in the U.S. security establishment over the last couple of decades believed this.
Doug