Other Opinions on the Middle East

No American politician or news outlet dares to criticize Israel, but if my circle of acquaintances is any indication, that attitude isn't quite unanimous among Americans.
Two excerpts:
Why don't we just nuke Israel
And (from a different source) a comment on Israel's blowing up some Canadians in Lebanon.
If Canada had any balls they would declare war on Israel.

Despite having five times the population, eight times the GDP, and 2000 times the land area, Canada is probably not any miltary competition for Israel. I doubt that they have any ability to project military power in the Middle East.

Public opinion has already turned largely against Israel in Europe. I doubt that there is any immediate threat of that happening in the US, but if it does, Israel's leverage will be much smaller. Blowing up Lebanese (or Canadians) who are essentially helpless bystanders in the struggle between Israel and Hezbollah is not likely to generate good PR.

UPDATE: Looks like I lied. There was Pat Buchanan on MSNBC dissing Israel for attacking civilians rather than Hezbollah soldiers, and calling their collective punishment strategy "unchristian and unamerican." These epithets probably don't have much sting for Israel, but they might carry some weight with Americans.

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