Reply #61: Well...

[Darranar]

1. One does not need official relations to show support.

Generally, not having diplomatic relations is a sign of a lack of support.

2. You make my point for me. Egypt was a client state of the Soviets.

No disagreement there - though now, of course, it is instead a client state of the US.

3. In the UN, oil using nations outnumber well, everybody. Add that to the Arab and Muslim blocs and Israel is mostly alone.

The US uses plenty of oil, yet they've managed to defy international opinion multiple times when it comes to I/P.

4. Iraq was also a historical Soviet client state. It only became our friend after the Iranians became our enemy.

So that excuses US support for mass-murdering tyrants?

5. The U.S. sided with Saddam because of Iran.

And Arafat sided with Saddam because of Israel. So?