Re: Let's say I break into your house 9, was: Good news for US -- Secure Fence Act of 2006

["Robert L Bass" <robertbass1@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I can't say that the Isreali government
> has acted in the interests of the USA
> at all times...

Of course not.  Their primary interest is
the well being of Israel.

> When Israel deliberately attacked the
> USS Liberty...

That was an accident.

> or when Jonathan Jay Pollard was
> convicted of spying for Isreal that
> certainly hurt the USA...

That was deliberate.  There is some
question whether his actions actually
hurt us though.

> That said, most people think of US
> and Isreali interests as being closely
> aligned. I don't think that the US as
> a country or its people would allow
> harm to come to Isreal, and I feel
> that's way it should be...

Yep.

> Since the time of Moses the Jews
> have been oppressed by one power
> or another. The irony is that even
> having their own state has not put
> them in any less peril...

True.

> I certainly don't have the wisdom to
> suggest a solution, my hope for them
> is what they hope for themselves
> when they greet one another with the word "Shalom".

Next year in Jerusalem.