Originally Posted by DontRunMeOver

If America stopped acting as a global policeman in this situation, Israel would probably be screwed. They're surrounded by countries that hate them, countries that not too long ago had land taken from them to create Israel. Their military continually kills civilians in other countries in retaliation for acts which those civilians had nothing to do with, and the main reason they can do this is that America is looking out for them. If America closed its eyes to the middle east conflict for a couple of years and outright promised not to get involved in anything happening in that area, I wouldn't be surprised if all that was left was miles of burnt ground where Israel used to be.