I've been meaning to write this for a while now, independently of Mel Gibson's idiotic drunken tirade of the last week or so.

Fuck Israel.

In the US, that statement is one notch below "fuck America!" But I could walk out on the street and yell "fuck Mexico" and people would cheer me on. So what the fuck about Israel, the tiny little desert shithole in the Middle East, puts it beyond criticism?

I think the main reason is the lobbying and PR activities they promote in the US. They've bought our sympathies.

When you consider the money we've given Israel over the years and the influence they've had over our politics, it is sort of sad how self-defeating it all looks. Really, why should we care about a bumble fuck country with only 7 million citizens? Why do so many American dollars get wasted on them? Isreal is the sort of country that we should forget exists except the one time every ten years something happens there. How often do we get to hear about Lithuania, Wales, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Uzbekistan or Suriname? Hell most Americans have never heard of those places. Israel should be one of those places.

Don't get me wrong, the fact that many of the Muslim countries of the Middle East do not officially recognize Israel and would like nothing better that to destroy it is equally inane. But there has to come a time when we have to stop and say, "sorry dude, you're on your own. We've got our own problems."

With respect to Israel, the country has been a model democracy and a remarkable source of scientific knowledge. Frankly, I think countries like Iran, Iraq and Syria should aspire to be more like Israel. But there is no reason something so insignificant as Israel should garner so much of our attention.

Unfortunately, we've got our own problems here at home to tend to. And I say it all the time, the entire continent of Africa needs our help more than anyone in the world. If Israel can't make a go of it on their own, maybe it's time to let them sink. It would be sort of like telling your nagging girlfriend to fuck off. For a while you might miss the sex and companionship, but after a while you'd realize how much better off you are without someone spending your money and using up your time. Plus, Israel isn't the only fish in the ocean.