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Originally Posted by Mutt
i'd say that as the only secular democracy in the entire Middle East it's pretty clear that Israel is one of America's most important allies.
the price paid for consorting with the Saudis, Bin Laden, Saddam Hussein etc - that's cost the United States a lot more than the 65B a year to Israel.
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america would have much better relations with the middle east if it took a more even handed approach with the israeli/palestine problem.
having israel as such a close ally even if they're a secular democracy, hasn't prevented any problems for the US in the middle east, its just made things much worse.
its in the US interests for there not to be democracy in places like saudi arabia. do you think the a governement voted for by the people of saudi would be more western friendly? that's why the corrupt saudi royal family was put in power by the west.