US thinks of Israel of an Offshore Military Base. (They have easy access to our weapons to destroy Gaza)

http://www.alternet.org/world/noam-chomsky-us-thinks-israel-offshore-military-base?akid=12842.294211.A0Cgtu&rd=1&src=newsletter1032667&t=7

NOAM CHOMSKY: It was kind of interesting how the U.S. rearmed Israel. The arms—it’s true that the Pentagon sent more arms to Israel. They were actually running out of arms in this vicious assault against a totally defenseless population. The arms were taken from arms that the U.S. stores in Israel; they’re pre-positioned in Israel for eventual use by U.S. forces. That’s one part of the U.S.-Israel strategic alliance. That’s one small part of it, is that Israel is regarded as essentially an offshore military base. So we store, pre-position arms there, and some of those arms were transferred to Israeli control so that they could complete—continue the massive destruction of Gaza, which is horrific and one of many indications of the nature of the alliance.