[vundy33]

Well, my opinion is that I could care less if Jews are God's chosen people. Really. I don't even really care if they're an ally, it only hurts us in the eyes of most middle eastern countries, and they'll never help us in a conflict in any Muslim country.

That said, War and defense isn't the only benefit of having allies. I'm not to educated on the other benefits of our friendship with Israel, that's why I won't speak on them.

I think that Israel has the right and should defend their people with the force necessary. They're blockade on Gaza might be illegal, but our blockade on the Soviets coming into Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis was also illegal, even though it was called a "quarantine", and that was legal. We were essentially protecting our citizens, I don't see a problem in Israel doing the same, especially when they're on their own over there.

One thing I'd hate to see is Israel become an enemy.

If any of you can be un-biased and would like to give us some pro's and con's concerning the U.S. friendship with Israel, and maybe some numbers on their problems with Gaza, then be my guest. I'd really like to know more instead of relying on a wall of text and possible non-fact on Wikipedia and biased articles on news sites.