But notice that you STILL won't admit that our foreign policy has been tilted towards Israel.
I guess you can't understand English, for I DID STATE that the US support for Israel became more pronounced AFTER 1973 (although evident in the post-1967)..
We all know the Jewish lobby has always been able to place pressure upon US politicians to support Israel. But the Arab aggression and public statements of hostility towards Israel, as well as a stated agenda of utterly wiping out the Israelis went far to making the Jewish lobby's job far easier.
That, combined with blatant Soviet support and advice aimed at inciting such aggression towards Israel, also made US support for them pretty much a "no-brainer".
The Arabs (except the Saudis) threw their lot in with the Soviets (just look at all of their Russian military equipment). And they did this WELL BEFORE the US became an active supporter of Israel. And these Arab states continue to pay for that mistake, as well as the decades of wasted time and money believing they could destroy the country.
And ever since 1967, countries such as Syria and Saddam's Iraq have refused to make peace, sacrificing economic prosperity in order to pursue there religious hatreds. And they have shown themselves perfectly willing to EXPLOIT the Palestinian issue, as well as financing and encouraging Arafat and Fatah to avoid making peace.
And it didn't help that Jordan avoided making peace until AFTER the first intifada made it evident that there was no chance he would be able to regain the territory under Jordanian rule (why weren't they called occupiers?).
As for the current status of that "tilt", the Bush administration apparently has just "leaked" that it will likely be putting a hold on some loan guarantees for Israel in order to push them to halt and remove their settlement activity.
Sharon didn't do himself any favors by threatening to kill or exile Arafat (though who can blame them?)..
Colin Powell also came out effectively denouncing those statements.
Just face some facts Bilow... The Arabs have really presented themselves as the more intolerant and foolish side in this conflict. They have wasted decades and Billions of dollars in pursuing their hatred of Israel, rather than just accepting it's reality.
And were it not Israel occupying the West Bank, it would be Jordan. And people like you, the Europeans, or the rest of the Arab world, wouldn't give a SH*T about the "plight" of these people..
Hell, you don't even give a SH*T about the plight of the people who were being oppressed and massacred by the Baathists.
And nobody gave a SH*T about the residents of Hama, when Hafex Al-Assad decided to slaughter some 20,000+ of them.
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