Well, that's where we disagree. I think that they and the USA do intend exactly that: to make the Middle East their empire. The Israelis will get to dominate the western parts of the area, and will secure control of the water rights. The Americans will get the center and the east and the oil. Together they then control the entire region.

I think that is the plan. It requires war against first Syria and Iran, possibly using some tactical nukes on Iran. After them, move into Saudia Arabia.

The trouble with such a plan is, it will not stop there. It will trigger a wordwide Islamic response. Furthermore, the Russians and the Chinese will not stand aside, because there is too much at stake for them...specially for China. China needs access to Iranian oil to fuel their rapidly modernizing society.

I do not regard the Israeli policy as defensive, I regard it as part of American offensive plans, and I think those plans may very well plunge the world into a 3rd World War...which in the end will probably destroy Israel and a lot of other people too, along with them.