> Carl and I have had this same exchange elsewhere, and are unlikely to arrive
> at any more of a resolution here.
But see your problem is that you fail to see that the United States is responsible for all evil (or corruption, or criminality, or fill in your favorite moral-outrage word here) in the world; other states don't really have their political aspirations and needs, they just reflect US prerogatives. Israel was innocent like Little Red Riding Hood on its way to join the community of nations before it met the Big Bad Wolf and became corrupted.