OK, I know I’ve covered this topic a lot already, but that’s what’s in the news. Here’s another good column by Rep. Ron Paul, “America’s entangling alliances in the Middle East.” A highlight:

Political pressure compels us to support Israel, but it is oil that prompts us to guarantee security for the western puppet governments of the oil-rich Arab nations. Since the Israeli-Arab fight will not soon be resolved, our policy of involving ourselves in a conflict unrelated to our security guarantees that we will suffer the consequences.

Paul is a little bit more pro-Palestinian than I’d like, but he still is one of the few people in Congress willing to speak out against U.S. involvement in the Middle East.