Hi All, Two excellent non-Chomsky articles on this topic are: '"ANCIENT HISTORY": U.S. CONDUCT IN THE MIDDLE EAST SINCE WORLD WAR II AND THE FOLLY OF INTERVENTION' by Sheldon L. Richman, Policy Analysis, No. 169, Aug. 16, 1991 http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-159.html and 'The U.S. and Israel', by Lance Selfa International Socialist Review, Spring 1998 http://www.geocities.com:0080/CapitolHill/Senate/7891/selfa_us_israel.html Both accessible via a high-quality archive "Israel and The U.S. Interest" at http://www.geocities.com:0080/CapitolHill/Senate/7891/index_usint.html The specific articles I cited were on the page: http://www.geocities.com:0080/CapitolHill/Senate/7891/index_misc.html