April 5,2010
WASHINGTON — Scores of senior retired U.S. officers have warned that a decline in American strategic cooperation with Israel could damage U.S. security interests.
Close to 50 generals and admirals signed a letter that termed Israel a key element in U.S. global strategy. In the letter organized by the Washington-based Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA), the retired officers, who have toured Israel, said the Jewish state was highly important to U.S. policy in the Middle East and Mediterranean region.
"We brought with us our decades of military experience and, following unrestricted access to Israel's civilian and military leaders, came away with the unswerving belief that the security of the State of Israel is a matter of great importance to the United States and its policy in the Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean," the letter, released on April 2, read.
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