Senator Joseph Biden, the chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, warned on US television yesterday that if Israel responded to an attack, no Muslim nation, including such critical allies as Saudi Arabia and Turkey, could support the American effort against Iraq, even behind the scenes. "And you would find probably every embassy in the Middle East burnt to the ground before it went too far," he added.Once again, Israel has to tolerate military attacks, because it would be 'unpopular' and 'destabilizing' for the war for them to respond. Simply amazing that we repeatedly and unquestioningly bow to such stupidities.
(Add the refusal to recognize an independent Taiwan to that list, BTW).