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23 March 2007 2 MB Israel and American Foreign Policy
Text Version: On 12 July 2006, Hezbollah fighters fired rockets into Israel, taking attention away from another Hezbollah group that kidnapped two Israeli soldiers. This attack prompted Israel into what it calls the Second Lebanon War, or as the Lebanese call it, the July War. Despite employing thousands of invading troops and a blanket bombing campaign that would have done Dresden justice, Israel failed to accomplish anything except more hatred of itself and of the Untied States which stood by Israel during the illegal military action. To date, Israel remains stoically unapologetic. After all, its weapons had killed someone else and not Americans. At least not this time. But back in 1967 it was different. That time 34 American sailors died and some 172 others were injured when Israeli air force planes combed and straffed the American intelligence ship USS Liberty. According to later reports when Washington officials were pushing to send another sortie out to give assistance, President Johnson cancelled any such sorties and said, “I don’t care if they all die and the ship sinks – we are not going to embarrass our allies.” Israel has since then enjoyed complete American civilian and military support of its policies, including those inside the Untied States that are detrimental to American interests. But who’s keeping score? Certainly not Israeli or American politicians for the most part. There are those, however, who braved the waters and criticized Israel for its transgressions. For a reward, they were denounced as anti-Semites, voted out of office, called traitors, and threatened with death. This is what free speech in pro-Israel America is all about.
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