Right, Israel controls the United States. President Bush takes his marching orders from the Jews.

I didn't say "the Jews". I said, the "Israel first" lobby. Some of the people who comprise that lobby are Jews, but hardly all of them. There are many fundamentalist Christians in that lobby as well. And certainly not all Jews are represented by that lobby. Many, in fact, are not.

What CarolC does not tell you is that Benjamin Netanyahu is now an opposition politician in Israel. According to the polls, he his party will probably come in third, behind Labor, and way behind Kadima, in the upcoming Israeli election.

Well, since I saw/heard him say that before we invaded Iraq, when Netanyahu was not in opposition, I don't really see how your point is relevant.

CarolC's false claim that Netanyahu speaks for Israel is as spurious as saying that Senator Clinton speaks for George W. Bush.

It's hardly just Netanyahu. Many members of the Bush administration, who also serve in Israeli think tanks, have stated quite openly that a US invasion and occupation of Iraq is in Israel's interest. Here's one of their policy papers...

http://www.israeleconomy.org/strat1.htm

"Israel can shape its strategic environment, in cooperation with Turkey and Jordan, by weakening, containing, and even rolling back Syria. This effort can focus on removing Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq â€" an important Israeli strategic objective in its own right"

That paper was co-authored by Richard Perle, James Colbert, Charles Fairbanks, Jr., Douglas Feith, Robert Loewenberg, David Wurmser, and Meyrav Wurmser.