Quote Originally Posted by Pannonian View Post
Neither is as valuable to the US though as Israel, the bestest most valuablest ally evar of the United States of America, whose outstanding and wideranging contributions more than amply repay the billions of free money sent its way every year by the grateful taxpayers of America. You can screw Britain and you can screw France, but without Israel, America would not be able to carry out its foreign policy.
1. Be careful there pan-man, choking on your own vitriolic sarcasm is a harsh way to go.

2. For the vast majority here, you are preaching to the choir. The BR crowd has a few ardent Israel supporters....but only a few. The rest are more nuanced in their support, with a significant minority actively opposing pretty much everything Israel is/does/stands for.

3. I, for one, value all three alliances, but would rank-order their importance (and my attitudes thereunto) differently than the current crop of politicos. I suspect both I and Kukri and a raft of others would agree that the Special Relationship has been taken for granted by comparison.