THE UNREALITY OF REALISM:

Poll: 70% of Americans see Israel as U.S. friend (Haaretz Service, 8/12/09)

More than two-third of Americans regard Israel as an ally despite recent diplomatic tensions, a nationwide survey conducted by the U.S. polling firm Rasmussen Reports has revealed.

The 70 percent who view Israel as America's friend marks twice the number of respondents who view Egypt as an ally, though that Middle Eastern country has been polled as the most highly regarded Islamic country among Americans.

Which is why you could be forgiven the belief that Robert D. Kaplan had been smoking peyote when he wrote about American turning on Israel

Posted by Orrin Judd at August 12, 2009 5:54 PM