VOL. XLV

No 19

13-May-2002

Americas RogueState

By David Hirst

The following assessment of the US relationship with Israel was written by David Hirst, the veteran LondonGuardianMiddle East correspondent.

Since the Talibansdefeat, the UShas been focusing on that long-standing rogue state and newly-anointed memberof the axis of evil, Saddam Husains Iraq,as the next target of its war on terror. The trouble is that it has encountereda second rogue state which is all but ruining its prospects of dealing...