@Cycloptichorn,
Cycloptichorn wrote:
Israel would have no legitimacy if we didn't back them up; without our military and direct aid, they would not have won their wars and wouldn't even HAVE a country. Israel was not created because the Jews fought and won the land, or had any real legitimate claim to the land; it was created to solve a problem, and at the will of the US.
Cycloptichorn
The problems that were solved with the creation of Israel was:
1) Where to put the survivors of the Final Solution, since anti-Semitism was intractable in much of continental Europe.
2) Prevent a resurgence of Naziism in de-Nazified Europe by putting the persona non grata survivors of the Final Solution elsewhere.
3) Maintain a balance of power during the Cold War in the Middle East, since the Soviet Union would have dominated the Middle East without Israel as a counter-balance.
4) Get some of the oil money back into circulation with the western powers by making Israel the reason Arab countries needed to buy weapon systems.
5) Maintain the profit margin of some U.S. defense industries, by having American monetary aid used by Israel for armaments, aircraft, etc.
It appears to me that the reasons for Israel's existence have been sort of self-serving. Giving the Jews a supposed safe haven from anti-Semitism has not really proven correct, since Israel has fought four wars to survive. The only difference is that Muslim Arabs were now the Jew hunters, not Europeans. If it was not so pathetic, it might even have a touch or irony.
If Jews do not have a legitimate claim to Israel, then perhaps English speaking Californians should start speaking Spanish - pronto!
