[Patria One]

Can you give me even two reasons why you think Israel is a "flagship"?

(They have been at war with their neighbors for 60 years or so and they are the largest ever recipients of Foreign Aid in modern history.What's Flagship about that?)

[annalex]

1. The only country in the Middle East that is run democratically.

2. Judaism, as a religion based on the Old Testament, is at the foundation of the Western culture.