Comments on: Israel’s Foreign Policy

By: jonolan

jonolan — Sat, 24 May 2008 11:10:25 +0000

Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Bahrain are all both Arab and Sunni, so I could see them allying with us against the Persian, Shiite Iran if it was needful, though I doubt it would be that needful except for the Iranian-Israeli tensions.

By: P.Cash

P.Cash — Sat, 24 May 2008 03:01:50 +0000

You are correct that Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, and Kuwait are more stable, but the simple fact is that they don’t need the U.S. like Israel does. Israel is dependent on the United States for their survival. Therefore they will be willing to go further for us than any other of these nations. Can you picture Saudi Arabia or Bahrain bombing a Iranian Nuclear facility?

By: jonolan

jonolan — Fri, 23 May 2008 14:35:40 +0000

P.Cash,

Thanks for stopping by and commenting. I had hoped that you’d get around to it at some point.

I’m pretty sure that we can consider the U.S. to be the strong arm of Israel’s foreign policy because Israel’s foreign policy is problematic to the U.S. in many ways – yet we still put forward a U.S. policy that unconditionally supports Israel.

Israel is a window into the Middle East, but I question it’s value, or at least its Return On Investment (ROI). Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, and Kuwait are more stable and do not present the socio-political problems that Israel does.

By: P.Cash

P.Cash — Fri, 23 May 2008 13:07:39 +0000

I don’t know if we can consider the U.S. to be the strong arm of Israel’s foreign policy, because Israel’s foreign policy is problematic to the U.S. in many ways. (Their spy activity in the U.S. and continued settlement building are an example) However, we do offer them protection because they are a valuable window to the middle east region.

What’s ironic about Israel is that they are now falling victim to the same terrorism that they used to gain their freedom. Is this a case of the end justifying the means? Is so, then is the Arab usage of terror justified? This is a slippery slope. I hate the use of Terrorism, but it will always be aroung as long as a minority feels that they have no other way to respond to force from a larger entity. There’s a huge Catch-22 in Palestine, and I don’t know how we can get everyone there to at least respect one another, and vow to live in Peace. IMHO, Israel will need to give up or at least share their possesion of the Golan Heights, but with the current climate of mistrust, that’s impossible.

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By: jonolan

jonolan — Thu, 22 May 2008 21:33:41 +0000

I would expect so. Anytime anyone says anything about Israel it seems that a lot of vociferous idiots come out of the woodwork to comment / flame / rant.

By: Aafke

Aafke — Thu, 22 May 2008 20:35:17 +0000

Thank you.
So I can expect a lot of flak?
Great, I had allready planned a ”Trash” page, but all my visitors are such lovely people…

By: jonolan

jonolan — Thu, 22 May 2008 11:07:31 +0000

Sure, Aafke – I’d be proud for you to link to this post. Be warned though, this is a sensitive topic and posts like this can generate a lot of rude commentary from rabid anti-Israel types, Zionists, Islamaphobes, and anti-American types. I’ve been lucky here so far…

By: Aafke

Aafke — Thu, 22 May 2008 10:50:43 +0000

I agree with your concerns here, I have often wondered too about this subject. Can I post a link to this post in my own humble blog?

By: in2thefray

in2thefray — Wed, 21 May 2008 18:31:24 +0000

Looks a lot like the British born an Englishman thing to me. The Chertoff case specifically seems to be that he doesn’t hold a pursued citizenship but that it was granted unto him due to his mother.
I know a number of people that mirror my best friend. A naturalized citizen w/ a US passport whose birth country had no issue w/ issuing him a passport. When he travels he takes both and depending on locale it has it’s benefits.