The Myth of Israel as ‘US Aircraft Carrier’ in Middle East
The Myth of Israel as ‘US Aircraft Carrier’ in Middle East If Israeli apartheid were to disappear, oil and trade would still flow from the Middle East towards the West, write Jean Bricmont and Diana Johnstone. By Jean Bricmont and Diana Johnstone Special to Consortium News W hy does the United States give total support to Israel? In answer, there is a common myth shared by both champions and radical critics of the Zionist state which needs to be dispelled. The myth is that Israel is a major U.S. strategic asset, described as a sort of unsinkable American aircraft carrier vital to Washington’s interests in the Middle East. The line of argument of those who share this myth is to show that the United States has economic and strategic interests in the oil-rich Middle East (which nobody denies) and to quote American (and, of course, Israeli) political figures who claim that Israel is the best or even the sole U.S. ally in the region. For example U.S. President Joe Biden has gone so