Not for the 1st time, Amos, I find myself in agreement with everything you have said

Regarding Israel, I think the British were instrumental in setting it up...though possibly only because we had 'governance' of much of that part of the World at the time.

It has to be said that I think the perception of the US's involvement with Israel in the present/recent past, at least in the UK, is that its due to the understandably very important Jewish Vote in the States?

(& I hope thats not seen as any kind of a criticism, or offensive to anyone..its just my own personal assessment of how those understandably close ties seem to be viewed by a lot of people over here in Britain)