the Bush admin? Congress? the people? Do any of the above control Israel? No, but partisans of Israel certainly have some sway over all of the above!

if it weren't for the lies about terrorism most Americans would not even be able to place israel on a map. in fact, even WITH the lies about terrorism most probably can't.

The Israel Lobby's "shared values" PR campaign wouldn't be necessary if Americans actually supported Israel implicitly. In fact, Americans who understand their constitution tend to agree that a country should not have an official religion, i.e. the sparation of church and state. And that is while most Americans remain unaware of Jonathan Pollard, the Liberty Incident, the King David Hotel bombing, just to name a few blights on Israel's record.

WHO uses Israel? And for what? We know what Israel gets out of the deal--classified military technology, special nuclear privileges (e.g. not signatories to nonproliferation treaty, no international inspections, etc. In fact, Doug Feith and others urged Israel in A Clean Break to essentially declare independence from the US (forsake financial aid) so as to assert itself without regard to the good graces of its "patron".

What do I as an American get, other than attacked and robbed blind and threatened with more if I complain?