Scooby Doo wrote:

HarryKrause wrote in
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Scooby Doo wrote:

Another pathetic dodge. When will you understand that Israel is NOT an
ally of the United States?


Israel is the only reliable ally the United States has in the Middle
East, dummy.

“It is difficult for me . . . to conceive of a greater harm to national
security than that caused by the defendant in view of the breadth, the
critical importance to the United States and the high sensitivity of the
information he sold to Israel . . . I respectfully submit that any U.S.
citizen, and in particular a trusted government official, who sells U.S.
secrets to any foreign nation should not be punished merely as a common
criminal. Rather the punishment imposed should reflect the perfidy of the
individual actions, the magnitude of the treason committed, and the needs
of national security.”

- Caspar Weinberger, US Secretary of Defense, in reference to the Jonathan
Pollard case.

For 13 years, Israel lied to the United States and the world, claiming
that Pollard was not one of their operatives, before finally admitting
such:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/91260.stm

Now there is an investigation concerning the leaking of US policy towards
Iran involving AIPAC and the Israeli embassy. Several of the players
involved have ties to Iran-Contra and to the forged Niger/Iraq documents.

Hey Mr. Proof Man, where is yours?



If this is an "ally" I'd hate to think what you consider an "enemy" to be.

You fail to mention that Israel is the only true democracy in the entire Middle East.

You also fail to mention that Israel has provided valuable technical and strategic
information to the US Armed Forces that have saved many lives.

Many countries have spied on the USA. It's part of the diplomatic game. Should we
break off diplomatic ties with Britain because of the Philby affair, and I could go on and
on. You seem to be holding Israel to a special standard, and makes me think you have
a special agenda for them, beyond what logic would dictate.