[killjoy]

Read ALL of it; this guy was IN CHARGE of finding bin Laden and he thinks it's FINE if we dump Israel.

Read it again. He didn't say dump Israel. He said we need to stop giving them a blank cheque, which is true. Most all of the Arab resentment towards the US is because of Israel. Arabs have zero historical problem with the US, their grudge is against the UK. Until there is peace in Israel/Palestine, this is going to get worse. The US must come down very hard on Israel and the Palestinians to create a workable peace.

[Max Combined]

"He said we need to stop giving them a blank cheque, which is true."

No, it is not true. We have not given Israel a blank check (we Americans spell it check, not cheque). Over the last 30 years, there have been many policy disagreements with Israel. One mistake we made was to pressure Israel to stop pounding the PLO when Israel had them trapped in Beirut. It doesn't matter whether we give Israel a blank check or two bits, the only thing the Arabs want is for Israel to be eliminated and nothing is going to satisfy the Arabs until that happens. If the Arabs sense any weakness in our resolve to back Israel, they will simply redouble their terror in order to force their designs on Israel and us. Screw the Arabs and the Muslims. Let them worry about making us their enemy instead of the other way around. I am prepared to continue killing Muslims and Arabs until they beg for mercy and sue for peace.

[Max Combined]

"Until there is peace in Israel/Palestine, this is going to get worse."

Then the Palestinians better get busy making peace with Israel, because the Palestinians are in a position of weakness and the Israelis are in a position of strength.

"The US must come down very hard on Israel"

BS and to he** with Tony Blair, Europe, bin Laden, Scheuer, and anyone else who thinks that the solution to the problems in the Middle East are that the US has not come down hard enough on Israel. Clinton already went down that road and we all saw the results.