On Aug 12, 2010, at 12:56 PM, Michael Smith wrote:
> (By the Pawn Theory I mean the view that Israel and its actions are
> simply emanations and entailments of American imperial necessity;
> vulgar Chomskyism, you might call it.)
How about this: both countries use each other for their own purposes. Ours is bigger, richer, and more heavily armed than theirs, which provides certain advantages in the relationship.
Doug