[fightinJAG]

The author is laying the blame for the disparity between Israel and the whole Arab world combined on the UNITED STATES. If it weren't for U.S. money, U.S. technology, U.S. weaponry, etc. etc. Israel would not be so powerful nor so prosperous. Maybe. But what he leaves out is a comparison of the billions the U.S. and the West pump into the ME and the Arab nations, not counting oil revenues. The Palestinians have nothing that is not the product of international aid (welfare)---and that from the West, not from their Arab "brothers".

[Nick Danger]

The author is laying the blame for the disparity between Israel and the whole Arab world combined on the UNITED STATES.

I didn't get that sense at all. The piece reminded me of that black preacher in San Diego who goes around telling people to stop whining about the Hispanics passing them up, and to go start a business or something.