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Turns out General Patraeus brought up the Israeli issue earlier. There is a great article in Foreign Policy about the whole Israel / US relations and how it is affecting the safety of American Troops in Iraq and Afghanistan..
Here is a article.
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There are important and powerful lobbies in America: the NRA, the American Medical Association, the lawyers -- and the Israeli lobby. But no lobby is as important, or as powerful, as the U.S. military. While commentators and pundits might reflect that Joe Biden's trip to Israel has forever shifted America's relationship with its erstwhile ally in the region, the real break came in January, when David Petraeus sent a briefing team to the Pentagon with a stark warning: America's relationship with Israel is important, but not as important as the lives of America's soldiers. Maybe Israel gets the message now.
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It is getting interesting.