G'Day Chomsky People,

Chomsky says that the role that Israel plays in US strategic planning is:

"Exactly the role the US National Security Council assigned it in 1958,
namely, to be a bulwark against Arab nationalism. Israel was chosen because
it is a dependable base for Western dominance in this region. In the 60s
this became reality. The Americans feared the effects of Egyptian
nationalism on Saudi Arabia's stability, with a consequent threat to
American oil interests. The war of June 1967 dealt a severe blow to this
struggle for independence. The event proved pivotal for Israeli-American
relations. Israel became a virtual appendage of the US, in other words,
another American "ally," to which the US could turn whenever it wanted a
task accomplished.
[source: Israel in Global Context June 9, 1997 Excerpts from "Israel in
Global Context" in Challenge, No. 44, July-August 1997 Noam Chomsky
interviewed by Ludwig Watzal - available on the web]

Does anyone have a pointer to an article on the Web which expands this
argument?
What I'm looking for is an artcle published on the Web, preferably written
by Chomsky which contains the detail which supports the above argument.
If anyone knows an article which supports a different reason to the above,
then I would be interested in that too.

Cheers!

Craig