International
security/The guest with high-risk
behavior
There is a lot of speculation right
now that Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's rather unusual visit to
Congress next month could backfire. I should say so.
To say that it is a
risky gambit is painfully redundant, because everything Netanyahu has done
during his political career could easily be defined as high-risk behavior. Not
only can this backfire for Netanyahu, it can put the United States, Israel, and
the entire Middle East in jeopardy.
Throughout Israel's
short history the U.S. has lavished aid and protection on the Jewish nation
seemingly without question, at least in Washington. The extent of the aid has
been seen as so fundamental to Israel's survival and prosperity that Israeli
cooperation with policy makers in Washington was often considered a given. No more.
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