@glitterbag,
glitterbag wrote: Also, membership is determined by NATO not the United States.
That's right, and that's why they'll never be allowed to join, not until the situation with Palestine is resolved anyway.
On a personal note why should we welcome a country that kidnapped, tortured and murdered our soldiers? You can say what you like about Iran, but they returned our sailors unharmed.
Israel carries way too much baggage, we've got enough on our hands with Islamists as it is.