Just to refresh my memory of what a great ally they are.
Did the U.S. ask Israel to fight in Iraq and Afganistan? Just to refresh my memory.
Imagine Israeli troops in Iraq and Afghanistan for just a moment. Are you serious that any administration would actually WANT that? Talk about all hell breaking lose! As we don’t have enough trouble in those wars! Al Qaeda would have absolutely loved it.
I think getting Arabs to help out was difficult enough without asking Israel to come shoot some Arabs.
How well do you think the Arab Muslims would have dealt with having Israeli troops on Arab soil?
Just to refresh my memory of what a great ally they are.
For one thing, they've been one of the best and most consistent suppliers of invaluable intelligence that we've used for many years.
For your information Israel wanted to participate in Gulf 1 but they were rejected as counterproductive to building a coalition. Israel was not happy about the exclusion.
Let me ask you this, how many US troops are stationed in Israel? How many in Europe? How many fought or were stationed to save Europe from WW1,WW2,USSR? And then ask whether the European contributions to Iraq and Afghanistan pay for US cost in blood and treasure.
Next ask yourself why the US under Pres Bush wanted to build a missile shield for Europe to protect against Iran nukes. Are you under the delusion that the only country threatened by Iran nukes is Israel?
Ironically, a decade later in 1991, then-Defense Secretary Dick Cheney gave a photograph of the bombed Osirak reactor to Major General David Ivry, the man who had commanded the Israeli air force during the attack, on which he wrote “with thanks and appreciation for the outstanding job [you] did on the Iraqi Nuclear Program in 1981 which made our job much easier in Desert Storm.”
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