And about the economy..there is a lot of direct help for US, absolutely true. I just read that it was not as important for the israeli economy as the direct trade with Europe without US money too.

And yes, Europe has as leverage as the US.. we just pretend we don't.. so shhhhhhhhhh.!!!!

A pleasure

I therefore claim to show, not how men think in myths, but how myths operate in men's minds without their being aware of the fact. Levi-Strauss, Claude