XPost: can.politics   
   From: eck@be.hold   
      
   On 11/23/2017 4:44 PM, Dhu on Gate wrote:   
   > On Thu, 23 Nov 2017 18:23:44 -0500, Dave Smith wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2017-11-23 5:57 PM, Dhu on Gate wrote:   
   >>> On Thu, 23 Nov 2017 09:40:22 -0600, Topaz wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> "The centerpiece of U.S. policy is the intimate relationship with Israel.   
   >>>> Though often justified as reflecting shared strategic interests or   
   >>>> compelling moral imperatives, the U.S. commitment to Israel is due   
   >>>> primarily to the activities of the Israel lobby. This paper describes the   
   >>>> various activities that pro-Israel groups have undertaken in order to   
   >>>> shift U.S. foreign policy in a pro-Israel direction."   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> This is total BS.  The centre piece of US policy is using Israel and   
   >>> it's population as Guinea Pigs to test weapons systems on.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> There is no question that the US likes to test their new hardware, but   
   >> they like to have their secrets and aren't too crazy about handing over   
   >> the latest hi tech weaponry and risk having it end up in the wrong   
   >> hands. They are more interested in selling off surplus of the old   
   >> technology.  When they get rid of the outdated and slightly obsolete   
   >> munitions they can replace them with the newer stuff.   
   >   
   > Ya, but then they get to see how these older systems performed and analyze   
   > how to make their new ones better and their testing more predictable.   
   >   
   > Dhu   
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   Citation?   
      
   Facts?   
      
   URL?   
      
   ANYTHING?   
      
   Or just your febrile imagination again?   
      
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