I've had enough of the Israel-bashing

[Mechaman]

Info on the Palestinian rocket attacks:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel

Okay, as of last January over 8600 rockets had been launched......but only 28 people were killed.  More people in the US probably die from dog attacks every year than the amount of Israelis killed by Palestinian rocket attacks in the previous nine years..........

[Mechaman]

For the record, I am not defending the Palestinians.  In fact I have a rather low opinion of both sides in the conflict.  Do not think I do not know of the fact that Hamas has killed Palestinian women and children.  However, it is not the Palestinians that the United States throws billions of dollars at with very little return on the investment.

I simply want us to stay the hell out of the conflict.  We have already given, or Israel has already stolen, enough military technology for them to ward off most attacks from surrounding nations.  And believe it or not, there is very little we could do to prevent a nuclear attack on Israel (ie there are other methods besides using a big ass payload to nuke somebody, I mean why bother with that when a cigarette dispensing machine will do nicely)?

I understand that a few posters are quite obsessed with what is going on over there, I am not one of them.  I just think it's a shame that for every dollar sent to Israel we could've spent on something more valuable to us, like Education.