Part 2 - The U.S. Lobby and Israel Foreign Policy

In Part 1, Jews Control America, MZ masterfully ridiculed the lunacy of the paranoid Jewish conspiracy study: The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy, by Harvard's Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer.

In Part 2, I will explain why the relationship between America and Israel is actually closer to being the very opposite of what Walt and Mearsheimer were accusing "the Jews" of doing to America. I am ingeniously entitling it: The U.S. Lobby and Israel Foreign Policy.

While America is undeniably Israel's closest ally, what exactly is the nature of the relationship? Certainly the U.S. has given Israel a tremendous amount of foreign aid over the years, but at what cost to Israel's sovereignty? A closer look at this relationship reveals just how powerfully America has influenced Israel's policies, and how this affect has often been contrary to what would actually be in the Jewish State's best interests.

Why, for example, is Israel so beholden to America's permission before taking action against her enemies? When the Palestinians commit acts of terror Israel is always forced to jump through hoops to make sure the U.S. approves of their response. What other country that gets regularly attacked by their enemies has to defer to someone else for permission to defend themselves?

The answer is nobody. No other country in the world has sacrificed so much of their right to defend themselves and their people as Israel. All of the high tech weaponry and military superiority doesn't mean bupkis if you aren't allowed to use it. Israel is completely subservient to the American Lobby's desires on virtually every military move they wish to make.

Let's look at some historical examples of how Israel has suffered as a result of the all-powerful American lobby.

First, Jimmy Carter in 1978 strong-armed Israel's Menachem Begin into making horrible concessions to Egypt's Anwar Sadat. Clearly taking Egypt's side in the negotiations, Carter forced Israel to give away the Sinai, or 91% of the land they had one in the 1967 6-day war. Losing Sinai was a critical strategic defeat for Israel, not to mention the roughly 8,000 Jews who were forcibly expelled from their homes.

In addition, they gave up Sinai's Alma Oil fields, that were found and developed completely by Israel after 1967, to Egypt without any compensation. Almo was providing over $100 billion per year in oil revenue, which would have allowed Israel to eventually become completely oil independent.

So, what has Egypt done to show their friendship? They've funded terrorism; they've taught blood libels like Protocals of the Elders of Zion in their schools; their Muslim Brotherhood spawned Hamas which then declared the Intifada in 1987; they do not keep an embassy in Israel, and, of course, they have smuggled millions of tons of weapons to terrorists through Gaza.

Of course, many analysts point to all of that juicy US aid Israel gained in the concession deal with Egypt. Fine and dandy, but has that money been good for Israel? Well, yes and no.

Yes, Israel receives approximately $3 billion dollars per year from the U.S., which is extremely beneficial on so many levels, but Egypt does, too. What people fail to mention when discussing the Israel deal is that Egypt is guaranteed equal funding to Israel just by "promising" (wink/nod) to recognize Israel. Egypt chants death to America every day on government run TV, but still gets all that cash - guaranteed.

Running down a brief list of other examples when injury was caused to Israel by the demands of the US Lobby: Israel was forced by the US to allow the PLO and Yassir Arafat return to Israel from his banishment; was not permitted to respond militarily to Saddam Hussein's Scud Missile attacks during the first Gulf War; was forced to retreat from Hezbollah in Lebanon; was forced to stop settlement building in Judea and Samaria; was pressured to expel the Jews from Hebron; was coaxed to expel and destroy the entire Jewish community of Gaza, and is now being pressured to make all of Judea and Samaria Judenrein so that the arabs can build a terrorist state.

Also, let's not forget, America is directly providing hundreds of millions in aid to the Palestinian terrorists every year, plus billions more indirectly given through the UN and the UNRWA programs that directly fund the terrorists.

So you see, clearly the US Lobby is providing unwanted influence that often runs contrary to the best interests of Israel. The succor America gives comes with a very steep price, and the corrupt Israeli leaders can't seem to say no when the Pusher comes calling with demands.

The State of Israel sold her soul for US dollars a long time ago, but if you talk to the liberal buffoons of academia you'll hear a completely different tune. Ironically, the left should thank the Israeli politicians for taking all those handouts from the US, as it allows America to manipulate the Puppet State to dance for America's pragmatic needs every time it makes an offer Israel can't refuse.

-MZ