On Thu, 12 Aug 2010, Doug Henwood 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.
That's a good start. But the main problem with that formulation is that (a) the current policy seems to be to the ultimate detriment of both countries; and (b) if you look only at immediate goals, it seems more to the detriment of those of the US.
Michael