Be careful not to believe everything you're told by the powers-that-be. Also, Israel is more than able to care of themselves, as Netanyahu stated here.
I don’t believe anything I’m told. I actually split my time between here and Israel, so I am aware of events on the ground. You may poo poo the danger, but you are wrong. Having survived missile attacks, I can assure you that your confidence in the press reporting is misguided.
That video is certainly informative. For example, I was unaware of anyone who has suggested that we engage in nation-building in Israel. Nor does it seem that anyone has suggested we “export democracy” to Israel. Nor am I aware of anyone advocating that send American troops to serve on Israel’s borders on the West Bank, Gaza, Syria, Jordan or Lebanon. I’m glad that Ron Paul apparently agrees on these points of nontroversy.
I looked at the rest of the speech to see if there were any other bits of common ground that Netanyahu and Paul might share but I don’t see many. One notable digression between the two men would seem to be the matter of military aid to Israel. Netanyahu gives thanks to America for its financial military assistance to Israel, pointing out that this assistance is one major reason why we don’t have American men defending Israel’s borders. He also states that our financial military aid to Israel continues to be a wise investment, which pretty much puts him in disagreement with Paul concerning that subject.
I honestly don’t see why the Israeli people continue to accept our financial assistance if they supposedly feel that they don’t need our help and feel that accepting such aid comes with an unacceptable burden of US interference in their policies. If they really feel that way, they are free to reject it, are they not?
Lastly, I will believe Ron Paul is not anti-Israel when he recants his ludicrous assertion that Israel is starving Palestinians and it turned Gaza into a concentration camp.