It's come to this

On Wednesday, I reported that Mossad Chief Meir Dagan had told the Knesset that Israel was becoming 'less of a strategic asset' (or less of an asset and more of a burden in Haaretz's telling) to the United States. Dagan's remarks were a warm-up for this New York Times article on Sunday (Hat Tip: Memeorandum). But once Mr. Cordesman had dispensed with what in the newspaper world is called the “