ISRAEL IS NOT AN ALLY

(h/t The Dish)

I've written that many times before and now I learn that a recent American Secretary of Defense pretty much agrees:

Robert Gates Says Israel Is an Ungrateful Ally: Jeffrey Goldberg
By Jeffrey Goldberg Sep 5, 2011 5:00 PM MT
Bloomberg News

Nothing in Return

But it was Robert M. Gates, the now-retired secretary of defense, who seemed most upset with Netanyahu. In a meeting of the National Security Council Principals Committee held not long before his retirement this summer, Gates coldly laid out the many steps the administration has taken to guarantee Israel’s security -- access to top- quality weapons, assistance developing missile-defense systems, high-level intelligence sharing -- and then stated bluntly that the U.S. has received nothing in return, particularly with regard to the peace process.