>Nope. Israel was useful to the US when the USSR was the
>destabilizing presence in the Mideast. Now that nuclear-tipped
>Israel itself is the destablizing presence there, its value to the
>US is zilch.
You're not thinking like the American elite. Israel is a stabilizing influence in a rough neighborhood. They're like the cop on the beat, trying to keep order among the uncivilized hordes. They're white people amidst a storm-tossed sea of browns. Etc.
Doug