[tonycavanagh]

If America had no need for the Middle East, then maybe she might have included Israel in the Coalition, but then if America had no need for the Middle east maybe this attack would never of taken place.

The Middle East question is extremely difficult because as well as ordinary politics and the question of alliances we have religion.

America is a major player in the Middle east and wants to stay that way, if that means ignoring Israel she will.

Israel will have to in the end find her own way out of the tar baby she is attached to.

Tony

[veronica]

Wrong. You don't grasp this situation at all. The "coalition" is temporary, the Israel-USA relationship is more overarching.

Remember Desert Storm? Israel laid low. Did USA-Israel relations change after that? Nope.