(Washington Post) Jennifer Rubin - Despite the assumption of Israel's critics, the U.S. has no power to order Israel around as if it were a vassal state. Israel will do what it must to survive. Even without U.S. approval, it has conducted and will conduct military operations that its government considers essential to its national security. As with any other country, Israel will operate in its own defense even in defiance of allies' wishes. (The difference between Israel and many other U.S. allies: It has a first-class intelligence apparatus and military capable of conducting sophisticated operations independently.)
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