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To: Dayuhan who wrote (26831)	12/31/1998 3:07:00 PM
From: Grainne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

< You are right in saying that the special relationship is fraying, which leads to another point which I will someday have to make to Emile, who will not listen. US support for Israel, especially in the Cold War days, was based less on Zionist propaganda then on the assumption that Israel was the only dependable and militarily significant US ally in a strategically significant area. This perception was reinforced during the oil crisis of the '70s, when all Arabs were regarded as enemies, and all enemies of Arabs regarded as friends. It is quite natural that with Soviet influence fading and US relations with the Arab world improving, attitudes toward Israel would change. The world is less one-dimensional than some paranoid individuals would like to believe.> Steve, isn't this one of those chicken and egg stories to some degree? The United States is considered the Great Satan in the Arab in large part because of their long-term support of Israel. Also because of our military meddling in the region. Does everyone still remember that Saddam used to be our buddy, because we were trying to get Iran? You know, the old diplomatic policy "The enemy of our enemy is our friend!" Now, having armed him to the teeth and given him technology we wish he didn't have, we of course need to destroy him.