TheOldSchool, rhodescholar, et al,
Everyone knows that the US Foreign Policy is multifaceted. So much so --- that it is impossible to clearly understand or identify a coherent US Foreign Policy.
Lol that's hilarious. The State Department is chided for seeking to influence Israel's politics, but Israel is cheered for trying to influence our politics.
What a joke.
Really? Does Israel send checks to AIPAC? Does it fund any other politically active NGO in the US? Stop talking out of your ass, dimwit.
Did Obama go speak to the Knesset days before they held a national election in the hopes of influencing the vote? Oh, of course not. That was the ******* Prime Minister of Israel who did that to our Congress.
Check your own ass dimwit.
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Rarely will you find the likes of the US President or the Secretary of State talk on a sophisticate level such that Congress and the General Population can discern a true picture of where the US is going with what aspect of its policy.
Just as there are multiple parties and several constituent groups in the US which have either a direct or indirect influence on US Government (officially and unofficially --- overt and covert) interaction with other nations or in the furtherance of national interests.
When I first went into the US Military, the Israeli Air Force (IAF) had the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II and F-4 Wild Weasel radar hunter. By the mid-1970, the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle was on the scene. Later, during the late '70s until the turn of the century, you could walk down the flight line and see the multi-role Lockheed F-16 Fighting Falcon, the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk, MD500 Helicopters, Boeing AH-64 Apache, McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle and more. In 2004, when I was in Iraq, even the Gulfstream G500 business jet entered the IAF inventory. And in the last decade you will have noticed the IAF procure the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey and start to bring on-line the Lockheed F-35 Lightning II. And this represents a very important US economic and military defense interest
(not counting the Army or Navy aspect).
So, while there may be an identifiable anti-Israeli aspect in one of the many facets that make-up the US-Israeli Relations (even a flip-flopping - less than enlightened President), there are significant forces behind the scenes that effect the US economy, US commercial entities, and engineering awards. And this is not inclusive of all the benefits in trades.
AIPAC is not the principle prime mover of influence. Get that out of your mind right now.
Most Respectfully,
R
