On Thursday, June 30, 2016 at a campaign event in Manchester, New Hampshire, a man at the town hall told Donald Trump he's "opposed to wasting our military in the Middle East on behalf of Zionist Israel."
Trump replied "Israel is a very, very important ally of the United States and we are going to protect them 100%. 100%. It's our true friend over there."
Later, Trump added "That was a tough question on Israel. That was nasty. Whoa."
The man who asked about "Zionist Israel" also said"I'm opposed to the murder of unborn babies being legal," to which Trump replied "We are with you."
Israel is a very, very important ally of the United States. We are going to protect them 100%.
Our best "ally" tried to sink the U.S.S. Liberty in 1967.
The Liberty, a lightly armed intelligence vessel, was off the coast of the Sinai during the 1967 Arab-Israeli War and she picked up intelligence that the Israelis massacred 3,000 Egyptian prisoners in the Sinai.
At first we thought it was the Egyptians that attacked the ship. They were going to nuke Cairo, but they found out it was the Israelis that attacked the ship.
LBJ said, "That ship needs to go to the bottom."
There were over 50 sailors killed and 150 wounded. They gave the Captain of the ship, McGonagle, the Medal of Honor in a private ceremony.