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By Anne Coulter

I used to think Israel was our friend. Now that I’ve read Victor Ostrovsky’s books, I know better. Read this and weep. And wonder if we’re headed this way again, as my friends at Fox News pant like puppies to expand Israel’s invasion of Lebanon to Syria, Iran and beyond…

In 1983, Israel was invading Lebanon, one of their most aggressive chapters in the so-called “rooting out of terrorists� to use the oft-repeated words of the Ariel Sharon. One of the Mossad’s Lebanese informants in Beirut reported to the Mossad that the Shi’ite Muslims had ordered a specialty machine-shop there to re-fit a large Mercedes truck with larger than usual hiding spaces that could hold bombs, as opposed to the the smaller hiding spaces made for smuggling black market items such as CDs and cigarettes or small bombs. The Mossad logically surmised that the truck was destined to blow up a major “target, most probably the US compound. The question was whether or not to warn the Americans to be on particular alert for a truck matching the description.� MY question is the part about “whether or not�?

Why the hesitation? Ostrovsky goes on to explain:
“Admony, then the head of Mossad, decided they would simply give the Americans the usual general warning, a vague notice that they had reason to believe someone might be planning an operation against them. But this was so general and so commonplace, it was like sending a weather report; unlikely to raise any particular alarm or prompt increased security precautions. In the six months following receipt of this information, for example, there were more than 100 general warnings of car-bomb attacks. One more would not heighten US concerns or surveillance.�

“Admony, in refusing to give the Americans specific information on the truck, said, “No, we’re not going to protect the Americans. They’re a big country. Send only the regular information.�

With “friends� like Israel, who needs enemies?

Has your son died for Israel yet? Has your husband?