Look Snoscholar, I could care less how the Muslims treat their wives or minorities...I want the US to get out of Israeli subservience via AIPAC in America and let them duke it out. I'm tired of seeing young Americans dying in these Israeli inspired Muslim wars!
And change your avatar, it looks like you're picking your nose!
Americans are dying because YOUR government decided to send troops to Iraq and Afghanistan. Stop trying to blame Israel for your president's choices.It's getting really old.
Did Israel Lead the US into the War on Iraq? | Jewish Voice for Peace
Did Israel Lead the US into the War on Iraq?
By Mitchell Plitnick, Director of Education and Policy, Jewish Voice for Peace; Joel Beinin, Professor of Middle East Studies at Stanford University; and Cecilie Surasky, Director of Communications, Jewish Voice for Peace
As the war on Iraq rages on with no end in sight, the scandals around its beginnings continue to proliferate. Because of these scandals, one question now being revisited is the role the state of Israel may have played in initiating the invasion of Iraq.
Israel's role is debated whenever American policy in the Middle East is discussed. This is inevitable, because Israel is Americas key ally in the region and because the Israel-Palestine conflict is the focal point of attention for virtually anyone who cares about the Mideast. Some critics of the war on Iraq maintain that the decision to go to war was made largely to advance Israeli interests. Others maintain that Israel had nothing to do with it. The evidence suggests, however, that neither of these views is accurate.
The neocons and Israeli support for the war We know that the Iraq invasion was pushed forcefully by the neo-conservatives in the Bush Administration. Many of the neocons are Jewish, though not all of them. But when it comes to US Mideast policy, there is virtually no disagreement among them in relying on a powerful Israel as a key component. This, in and of itself, would fly in the face of the notion that Israel and Israeli interests were completely removed from the decision to invade Iraq.
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