[mrsmith]

Israel is a great and important ally.
But we have our own interests.
They closely match, not perfectly, but closely.

[STARLIT]

Israel has to have the ways open through Syria and Turkey..and through Iraq and Iran.

Peobody...why is that sticking in my head? Is it an oil pipe line? The guy who disappeared from twitter that we learned so much from....he explained why Israel had to have access through these countries...my brain isn't clicking it here.