The Movie, THE UGLY AMERICAN, Epitomizes US Foreign Policy

Robert Fulford: The Jewish James Bond

Posted: October 31, 2009, 10:00 AM by NP Editor

Daniel Silva, an American who has written a dozen successful spy thrillers since he became a novelist in 1996, likes to put his own pro-Israel views in the mouths of his characters. The special quandary of Israel is concisely stated by one character in The Secret Servant, published in 2007.

An executive from the CIA, talking to an Israeli spy, notes that America has spent $50-billion propping up Hosni Mubarak’s government but still can’t penetrate Egypt’s intelligence service. A monstrous Islamist plot has been uncovered in Egypt but not by the U.S. To America’s embarrassment, Israel has exposed it. How come? The explanation blends familiar arrogance with a confession of national vulnerability.

“Because we’re better than you,” the Israeli tells the American, “especially in the Middle East. We’ve always been better and we always will be. You have your unquestioned military might and the power of your economy, but we have a nagging fear that we might not survive. Fear is a far more powerful motivation than money.”

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