[Spoon Poetic]

It's because that's what Tim LaHaye and a whole bunch of other people interpreted the book of Revelations (and some stuff in Daniel and Ezekial etc) to mean...

[J m HofMarN]

Yeah what he said. Basically the country is run by conservative Christians who believe that the holy land is integral to....... something, and they want it in reliable, US backing, white hands. Also, Israel is a reliable servant to the US because we're the only allie they really have, so if we need someone whacked out in the middle east they can sometimes manage it since we don't have much of an intel service over there. If an

That might be a bigger part of it. Also any time you suggest that people who happen to be Jews are, ya know, commiting a holocaust against Palestinians, you get tagged as an antisemite nazi guy, which kills your political career. My hope is that eventually Israel itself will get tired of the constant actions by brave freedom fighters to stop the occupation and just give up. I don't have any illusions that the US government, whoever runs it, will ever stop backign Israel up and helping them to blow up whoever they want.

As for nine eleven denial, I think this thread started out over the denial not of 911, but of the things that caused it which you just addressed.