If they attack Israel in force, mushrooms will be sprouting all over the Middle East.
re: Israel by force.
No, I think it will be what Obama is doing here, little by little.
Death by 1000 cuts.
re: Israel by force.
No, I think it will be what Obama is doing here, and they are doing in Europe.
Little by little, so no huge alarms are raised, taking a few years.
Death by 1000 Cuts.
That's fine as long as we don't depend on Arab oil. Let them have at it.
Until then Israel had better damn well understand CLEARLY that mushrooms over the ME is not in our interest, and they had better understand it now. Our $ 4 billion a year is not welfare and it had better buy us something that protects USA interests. I have no desire in paying $10 for gas just to appease Israel and a pit-bull gone wild.
No entangling alliances because allies can jerk us around and involve us in actions not in our interest. Jefferson said it well. Our politicians in more recent times apparently don't understand, because they have been too busy with their palm up.