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To: tekboy who wrote (18080)	2/5/2002 8:49:00 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) of 281500

I've increasingly come to think that both the U.S.-Israel relationship and the situation on the ground over there would be improved by the transformation/clarification of the bond into one of simple friendship combined with a more explicit strategic alliance, instead of the confusing ambiguous patron/client bond that exists now. Yes, that sounds good. It also sounds easier said than done. While the governments of Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, and Iran remain unstable dictatorships, the external threats are still very much present, and if I don't add Egypt to the list, it's only because of the $2 billion a year we pay them. Cutting off aid to Israel while we pay $2 billion to Egypt (more like $3 billion if you count all aid to Arab countries) is not going to compute, politically or strategically speaking. Nor is it easy to unwind the current relationship as long as the Arab countries try to make mediating a just solution to the Palestinian issue (read: delivering Israel bound and gagged to the negotiating table) a condition of their friendship.

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