[SunkenCiv]

As much as we’d all like to see Iran liberated, my guess is that Israel will be the next major front against al-Qaeda. Israel should be given everything it needs (apart from US troops) to prevail, but Iran must be liberated. I think there’s a high probability that the new “wisdom” among insiders that a new balance of hostility will be constructed (or perhaps reconstructed) involving Iran and its neighbors, a sort of containment policy.

[Convert from ECUSA]

"Israel should be given everything it needs"

Absolutely, but given this latest Annapolis arm-twisting by the Adminstration, I doubt that the Administration would give any support to Israel against al-Qaeda beyond the usual parrot-like squawking of "Israel must show restraint, Israel must show restraint."