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Originally Posted by Chas H
I prefer to think of Israel as a spoiled child receiving way to much allowance. It's time Israel behaved in a more globally responsible manner.
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Irrespective of what you think of Israel, the question is whether we need to have influence in their end of the world or not. If we don't, tell them to go jump in the lake with a large rock around their neck. If we do and our influence is lessened, can we live with that? If so, great. If not, we too have some serious thinking to do. If you wean them off the allowance and suddenly decide to need them, what is to stop them from telling you to go jump in the lake with a rock around your neck? Like I said, if you don't need them, lets cut the cord. If we are going to need them, it might behoove us not to.
The question is whether Obama is muslim enough for the rest of the ME to rally around him. And what happens after Obama?