Israel's Cash Cow

America, Israel's cash cow, has mad cow disease and is not long for this world. We provide Israel not only with billions in annual foreign aid; weapons, such as cluster bombs to kill Lebanese civilians and attack helicopters to kill Palestinian civilians; but also with enormous sums of private donations which fund illegal Israeli settlements built on stolen Palestinian land.

CNN's 2007 documentary "God's Warriors" highlights a prestigious plush Manhattan fund-raiser which finances Israel's apartheid lawless colonization of the Palestinian West Bank, well described in Zertal and Eldar's book Lords of the Land. Because of their brutalization of the Palestinians and refusal to accept the fair and just Arab League Peace Plan, Israel is hated around the world. As a consequence of this, we must wage endless wars on Israel's behalf and set up military bases in Muslim lands where they are not wanted. Iraq became our enemy because Saddam Hussein provided financial aid to Palestinians whose homes were destroyed by Israeli/US missiles and bulldozers. Likewise, Iran is our enemy because of Iran's support of groups opposed to Israel's illegal occupations.

Osama bin Laden has many times explained that it is precisely because of this foreign policy that we have become hated worldwide. Our country is going bankrupt because some of our powerful citizens are loyal to another country which is morally bankrupt. The US dollar is plummeting, and we are deeply in debt to foreign countries which are buying up our companies and assets. We are heading into a recession or depression. The leading political candidates are too beholden to the Israel Lobby to suggest meaningful change. It is tragic to live at a time when the world's greatest democracy is dying.