Reply #54: your last sentence is correct.

[brindis_desala]

We the people are being played. Israel was sold a bum deal by the British who while they backed them in the '73 war continued to help foster Wahhabism. Eisenhower backed Israel because he was fearful that Nasser would support the Soviets. We do not see most of the savagery our government perpetuates and yet almost half this country still supports its criminal actions and we don't have rockets flying into our bedrooms.
It's a dirty nasty game that keeps us divided and as you said right at the outset, only the elite are ever the winners.