Reply #30: If you ever see me claiming that Israel is the worst offender out there, please call me to task.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

By "most", do you really mean "more than half"? Or just "more than I would like"?

But most countries that behave worse than Israel are not bankrolled by the US, or defended by DUers, to nearly the same extent.

To change Iran's or North Korea's policies, the US has to act, and it would almost inevitably do more harm than good (acting in Zimbabwe might conceivably be worth it, but would have high costs). To influence Israel, all the US would have to do is to threaten to do less. That makes it somewhere where the cost/benefit ratio of applying pressure works out more favourably than anywhere else in the world, I think.