On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 21:59:09 EDT, Bemmzim wrote > Much as you would like to deny this the Jewish people and Israel are > inexorably linked.
Please. I would not like to deny that there is a *link*. We are political allies, at the very least. Israel receives more of our foreign aid than any other country, IIRC. A link, or a connection, as you say, does not justify conflating the two. > And it > is important to note that if Israel has influence on US policy it is > through american jews. Israel has no influence on U.S. policy except through American Jews? Are you kidding? That's ludicrous. Israel has influence on U.S. policy because of where it is, because it is a democracy in the Middle East, because there are many Americans in Israel, because a great deal of critical technology is developed in Israel (every one of Intel's microprocessors through the 80386 was designed there). Our economies are quite intertwined. There are all sorts of reasons that Israel *should* influence U.S. policy that have little or nothing to do directly with ethnicity or religion. Nick -- Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voicemail: 408-904-7198 _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
