Hi Hawkmoon; Re: "What was the first nation to recognize the newly established state of Israel? ... Look at how Eisenhower dealt with the French, British, and Israelis in 1956. ..."
I don't know who was the first nation (okay, well I looked it up, see the P.S.), but I do know that it was a hell of a lot longer ago than 20 years. And 1956 was what, 47 years ago? Since none of your points date to the last 20 years, I note that you apparently agree with my claim, which I will restate:
US foreign policy in the Middle East has been tilted towards Israel for 20+ years.
Since you apparently agree with my comment, you must then understand why the Arabs are upset with us now. Hell, I never stated that the Arabs were upset with us in the 1940s and 1950s. In fact, we had wonderful relationships with the Arabs back then, and this very fact is more proof of my claim that our sorry relationship now is due to our support of Israel, which you do not deny.
But why don't you go over to the Arabs and explain to them why they should ignore our foreign policy of the past 20+ years, and instead only consider our policy of the 1940s and 1950s?
And while you're at it, maybe you should tell the neocons that instead of looking at the French policy regarding Bush's war, the neocons should instead remember how the French assisted us in the 1780s. Hey, you want the Arabs to ignore the last 20+ years, don't you think the neocons should be able to ignore the last 20 months?
-- Carl
P.S. I really don't see your point about the recognition of Israel. In addition to it being a hell of a lot longer ago than 20+ years, the fact is that the US was apparently first with a form of recognition:
At that point, the State of Israel came into existence. The United States recognized the provisional Jewish government as de facto authority of the Jewish state within minutes. The Soviet Union granted de jure recognition almost immediately in 1948 along with seven other states within the next five days (Guatemala, Byelorussia, the Ukraine, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Uruguay, and Yugoslavia).
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