"You've been told Israel is our greatest ally in the Middle East. What if I told you they're actually our greatest threat - and have been holding us hostage for 50 years? You might've heard about "God's miracle" in the Yom Kippur War to squeak out a miraculous victory for Israel in the face of certain loss. But here's the real story: It's October 1973, and Israel faces certain defeat. Nixon had promised no support (Israel was misbehaving on a grand scale, and being a nuisance to the region). Instead of fighting harder, they do something no ally had ever done - they roll nuclear missiles out of desert caves, make absolutely certain our satellites can see them, and send us a message: "Give us everything we need right now, or we start a nuclear holocaust." Within hours, Nixon authorizes the largest emergency weapons airlift in history. Not out of friendship. Out of terror. Israel wasn't threatening Egypt or Syria. They were threatening us - with a nuclear catastrophe. And it worked. We sent 22,000 tons of weapons. We've been sending $3.8 billion every year since. We veto UN resolutions we privately agree with. We defend Israeli actions that inflame the entire Muslim world against us. We've built our entire Middle East policy around one rule: never let Israel feel desperate enough to roll those missiles out again. This isn't alliance. This is a protection racket. They showed us they'd burn down the neighborhood with us inside, and we've been paying tribute ever since. The bomb only had to come out once. The memory of October 1973 has controlled American foreign policy for half a century. You think Islamic terrorism is our biggest threat in the Middle East? Try being held hostage by a nuclear-armed state that's already proven they'll point the gun at you if you don't do exactly what they want." Read more at Insight to Incite. Link in bio.