Israel to U.S.: Thanks for the $3 Billion/Year; Now @#$% Off

When I was a kid, I had an extremely positive attitude toward Israel. WWII and the Holocaust loomed large in my young mind, and Israel seemed like the perpetual victim/underdog...always outnumbered, the target of repeated suicide bombings...and the only real democracy in the region for a time.

Well, that has changed, for reasons that are widely-known and widely-shared. And in addition to Israel's humanitarian crimes, there's the fact that it happily sucks up genuinely mind-boggling amounts of U.S. aid while, in effect, giving us the finger at every opportunity. And then there's the extremism of American Israel supporters, and their alliance with the American right.

All in all, I'm basically fed up with 'em. And stuff like this, it is not helping.