[Stu Cohen]

I say we're not "Buying" their friendship, but ensuring they're one BADASS friend in an area over-ran by fanatical enemies.

I think we have more than met that objective. We all know that if they really wanted to, they could own everything within a 500 mile radius of Tel-Aviv. They are plenty "badass".

But thanks for your reasoned and calm opinon.

And yours as well. Actuality usually falls somewhere in between two differing opinions.

[yonif]

would you rather have IDF hunting terrorists in their backyard, or US troops being sent over there instead to go after Hamas and the rest of the PLO terror organizations?