Mossad

I just finished watching a TV program about the Israeli intelligence agency - Mossad. Of course I have heard about many of their great achievements since being founded in the 1950s, but I did learn some interesting things. Not only does Mossad work to keep Israel and Jews safe inside Israel it also does the same around the world. One expert on the Mossad said on the program that it is the only agency and country that does that. Also, most intelligence experts say that the Mossad is the best intelligence agency in the world and that their track-record beats all others including the US and the former USSR. I believe that. Israel has had to fight for it's right to survive everyday since it was established in 1948 and knows that they need to win every war that is brought on them otherwise Israel and the Jews could be gone forever. That puts a lot of pressure on both the country and the Mossad - which is something no other country has to face alone.  Mossad and the US have a strong relationship which was cemented in 1956 when Israeli intelligence did something that no other country could manage to do - get the full text of the secret speech Khrushchev gave denouncing Stalin and his crimes. The Israelis gave it to the Americans and the Americans gave it to the world. Mossad tracks down Nazi war criminals and brings them to justice when most of the world has long stopped. They revenge terrorist attacks on Jews and Israel (ie the 1972 Munich Massacre) and they report on events that could endanger Israel and the rest of the world (ie Iraq's nuclear weapons program in the 1980s and Iran's current nuclear weapons program.) Because Israel has been constantly threatened since the day it was formed and is surrounded by enemy countries that have called for the complete destruction of the country and its people the Israelis and the Mossad take their job very seriously and sometimes do things that other, more "civilized" countries would never think of doing. I have seen more cases of restraint by Israel when they were attacked and had every right and the manpower to destroy their enemies. I wonder how many other countries would do the same when faced with the same situation. In the end I am glad the Mossad and Israel are close allies with the US and most of the world as it would be extremely stupid for any organization or country to make enemies and/or attack Israel as they haven't lost a war in over 60 years and I don't see that happening in my lifetime.