以色列是否正在成为美国的战略负担

IS ISRAEL BECOMING ASTRATEGIC LIABILITY FOR THEUNITED STATES?RICHARD KLASSJANUARY 28,2015COMMENTARYThe U.S.relationship with Israel has long been a challenge in the context of wider U.S.foreign policy.It has often touchedon national security issues,for instance when the government of Israel and its U.S.supporters(most notably theAmerican Israel Public Affairs Committee AIPAC)opposed arms sales to Arab nations.Sometimes their lobbying failed,as in the case of the sale of AWACS to Saudi Arabia,but sometimes it succeeded.Israel and its lobbyists were able to blockthe sale of F-15s to Saudi Arabia and F-16s to Jordan later in the decade.Important and annoying as such efforts were,they did not threaten vital U.S.national security interests.The unprecedented invitation by Speaker of the House John Boehner to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu toaddress a joint session of Congress on the issue of Iranian nuclear negotiations demonstrates a new level of chutzpa.Thisintervention into U.S.politics is a different order of magnitude,coming on the heels of aggressive Israeli and AIPAClobbying of Congress to enact new sanctions against Iran.These developments raise the question as to whet