Israel and Iran

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/01/opinion/israels-last-chance-to-strike-iran.html This is the take of a former Israeli fighter pilot, one who bombed Iraq's nuclear facility in 81'. I agree with everything he says, except his conclusion. In the end, Israel cannot rely upon the U.S. for protection. A sovereign nation must assume the necessity of self-reliance. As Machiavelli put it, with Israel's position corresponding to that of the prince: "since men love at their convenience and fear at the convenience of the prince, a wise prince should found himself on what is his, not on what is someone else's." And Israel has a decidedly (and I would add, necessarily) Machiavellian tradition in foreign relations.