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In article <EGGERTJ.92Jul30165655@moses.atc.ll.mit.edu>, eggertj@moses.atc.ll.mit.edu (Jim Eggert x6127 g41) writes:
|> In article <159680INN7pj@agate.berkeley.edu> dan@jonas.berkeley.edu (dan graves) writes:
|> >   We support Israel
|> >   because it is in our interests to support the  only democracy
|> >   of the region.   Democracies make better allies and 
|> >   Israel has been one of USA's most steadfast allies.
|> 
|> 
|> I don't understand what you mean when you say that Israel has been one
|> of the USA's most steadfast allies.  Do you mean that the US has, in
|> time of need, been able to go to Israel for help?  Do you mean that
|> Israel has done its best to do what the US wants it to do?  Please
|> explain.
|> --
|> =Jim  eggertj@atc.ll.mit.edu (Jim Eggert)

Israel always supported us diplomatically when  our 
incompetant president Ronald Reagan  wanted us to 
do something stupid like negotiate with terrorists.
They even abstained from retailiating against their
enemies when their citizens were murdered by rocket
attacks, just because we asked them to.  I would
call this very steadfast.  I doubt any of the brutal
dictatorships of the region would do the same.  The 
current administration is willing to accept much of
the smoke and mirrors of the Arab dictatorships
as support.  Israel has supported us with concrete and
(in the case of the scuds) potentially dangerous action.

Now i ask you to comment on the most important point i made
in the earlier post.  Israel is not (unlike these brutal 
dictatorships) motivated by conquest or the politics of hatred.
Israel defends itself, every nation's right.

dan

by the way, thank you for a courteous and civil post.
i hope that i have responded in kind.