Terrorists cant stop Armies, Money and Oil.

[Occhidiangela]

Isreal is a bit unique in the region because most of the Isreali's are transplanted Europeans.  Their values are European and Hebrew, and not Arabic or Islamic.  Their values and culture are more like Europes and the US, rather than middle eastern.  There are other such nations in the world (e.g. Liberia) which from a social and political point of view, we can better relate and therefore ally.  Maybe our close ties to Isreal have something to do with Henry Kissinger, or other powerful Jewish political leadership.  :)  When I was younger I never realized he was Jewish, since he always seemed to be an American to me.
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I will leave the lobbying issues on that score to another thread, and merely point out the double digit billions going to Israel annually as aid and "forgiven loans" beyond the Camp David bribe money they and Egypt (and I think later Jordan) get to not fight one another. I imagine some other hostile nations wonder why they don't get paid off at that rate. ;)

The Camp Guinness Accords, for example, could provide 5 billion per year to the Irish economy on the condition that the fighting stop. I wonder how that would go over.

*BONK*
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Ouch!

*Hey, who would that be, a throwin' that Shilleilagh at me?*

Occhi