Israel and the War on Terror(TM).

Don't look now, but Joe actually has an interesting post at Swampland about what the Israelis think about Iraq.

I interviewed a ranking Israeli official two days ago and asked, "How has the war in Iraq affected Israel's security?" The official gave me a knowing smile and switched the subject. Other Israelis are less diplomatic: "Your neo-conservatives have brought the forces of Islamic extremism to our country on three borders," a Likudnik-!-said to me, meaning the empowerment of Hizbollah and Hamas in Lebanon, Gaza and the West Bank, a result of the Bush Administration's lethal clumsiness in the region.

The Iraq-hasn't-made-anything-worse-it-was-always-bad meme looks sillier by the day.