Thanks for responding, Loser. My questions were, of course, mostly hypothetical; I realize the US could never actually withdraw its support from Israel. But can't we at least consider WHY that is the case? Why did we even act in the first place to establish a country that would never be able to stand on its own? How tenable is this whole set-up, in the long run? It has already been quite a long run, and it seems that it's no more tenable today than it was 50 years ago. Israel is entirely non-self sustaining. That is no way to go about running a country; even the poorest countries in Africa have more self-sustaining potential than Israel has.
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Originally Posted by Infinite_Loser
There's a difference between having balls and being incredibly stupid. Openly attacking Iran or even Syria would be incredibly stupid.
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I guess, to me, I don't see how attacking Lebanon *in this manner* (disproportionate force) is in any way non-stupid behavior. Don't get me wrong, I find Hezbollah's behavior to be equally reprehensible and stupid; they get equal treatment with Israel, in my book. But how can any nominally educated person go about thinking that this is the way disagreements should be settled? And yet, this is the way our world works, for the time being.
I know that. But it doesn't mean I like it, or that I will be silent about my dislike of it.
Meh, time to stop thinking about this for a while. Need to sleep.