It is a client state. It is heavily dependent on the backing of the US.
Israeli gdp is 290 billion, us military aid is about 3. Slightly more than 1%.
There are no US military forces stationed to protect Israel, they do all of that themselves.
Their leaders are chosen, not by Washington, but by valid elections.
THey are a First World Nation.
This does not sound like a client state to me.
Do you think South KOrea is a client state?
Do you think that Sweden could waltz right into Israel and demand that terrorists be released from prison and call that negotiations? How about Guatemala? Germany? UK? No? Why is that?
The arrogance that your looking for is found in Kerry. To date, Israel is the one that has had to continuously make concessions. Can you tell me why that is?
Israel does NOT control the US. The US does not do Israel's bidding. Never has.
Can you explain to me why we are funding anti-Israel propaganda or funding terrorists via taxes? How about the NIF and Shatil?
The moment that Israel operates on it's own there is a backlash. I'm not talking about a puppet government. Indeed, a dictatorship is not a requirement.Even Ariel Sharon was able to admit that Israel was heavily dependent on the US and didn't realize the extent of which until he got in there. There is a larger game being played. There always has been.
There are few on the Right that have the cajones to admit that this is an empire but if you do not support those policies then they label you as anti-American. It's distasteful. The left pretends it doesn't exist until someone on the Right is in power. Not good cocktail party conversation. Destabilization is the same under any alleged ideology. So, let's cut the crap and get down to business.
The US is an empire. Israel is a client state. There is no Jooish plot. The tax payers have no qualms for all their crap to fund terrorists and anti-Israel propaganda via human right's organizations where peace is not an objective and actually seeks to destabilize the IDF.
Now we can move forward.