Blankfort speaks of Mexicoâs value to US, in oil imports; natural gas exports, numbers of workers in US, in California population; of US theft of Southwest from Mexico; of opposition to Mexican War; of Obama decision to arm Syria; of likely no-fly zone; of hypocrisy over chemical weapons; cites Fisk on US entry in Sunni-Shia war; of Israelâs unhappiness with Iran election, missing Ahamadinejad; HEAR soundbite of Tom Friedman on AIPAC; on GHWB. balking at loan guarantees; on US payback of grants to Israel; of new US billions in arms loans and building bases for Israel from US Defense budget.