Posted on 11/04/2011 12:14:49 PM PDT by tedbel
This question always elicits different opinions. Obviously, in part, the answers depend on one's definition of "friend" or of "enemy."
The most famous articulation of U.S. policy vis-à-vis Israel was made by Henry Kissinger in 1975 when talking to an Iraqi diplomat. To wit:
We don't need Israel for influence in the Arab world. On the contrary, Israel does us more harm than good in the Arab world[.] ... We can't negotiate about the existence of Israel but we can reduce its size to historical proportions[.]Before the '67 War, U.S. policy was mostly hostile in that the U.S. imposed an embargo on arms to Israel for 20 years, from '47 to '67; was passive during the War of Independence, expecting Israel to be defeated in short order; and ordered Israel out of Sinai after Israel conquered it in the Sinai Campaign.
This policy was ameliorated in the aftermath of the '67 War as reflected in Res. 242 of the UNSC, which established the principle that Israel was entitled to secure and recognized borders before withdrawing from the conquered territories. By that resolution, the U.S. recognized that an agreement on borders had to be negotiated and that of necessity, Israel would be retaining some of the land. Of course, a friend should have taken the position that Israel was entitled to keep all the land it had acquired in the defensive war. But the U.S. was committed to being friends with the Arabs, particularly Saudi Arabia, and this commitment excluded it. That has always been U.S. policy, right up until today.
The Arabs totally objected to this resolution and set out their rejection at the Khartoum Conference in 1968, which reiterated the three "nos": no negotiations, no recognition, and no peace.
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Anyone who tries to force-feed a two-state solution is an enemy of Israel.
America is a friend to Israel.
Obama is an enemy of both.
U.S. = friend
B. Hussein O. = enemy.
A 'thread winnah' by the third post is a record!
If America is a friend to Israel, then America’s leaders need to be more supportive, and it’s not just Obama who is at fault. However, I will allow that he is the worst example in some time.
Perhaps “America’s Leaders” would illustrate more support for Israel, if they received more pressure from the liberal Jewish community?
Depends on if you live in the White Hut or DC or out here in flyover country.
WH - DC = No
FC = Yes
the US is a friend of Israel
the administration is not
Currently we can’t be depended upon as a friend. Sad to say, but it’s true.
Once we get the Muzzie out of office, any of our candidates, with the exception of Ron Paul, will be a friend to Israel. I’m sure Israel can’t wait for the next Prez election in 2012 to take place, as long as Obama loses, of course.
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