I want them on my side.

In the early thirties, Lucky Luciano was stuck between a rock and a hard place. He was a top lieutenant of Joe "The Boss" Masseria who was duking it out with Salvatore Marrazano for the leadership of New York's underworld. They had gone to the mattresses and it was all out war. Charley Lucky knew that this was a losers bet and he had to take steps.

So he went to his trusted allies, two tough Jews, Meyer Lansky and Bugsy Siegal. Bugsy was the trigger man when they whacked Joe the Boss on April 15th 1931 and he later led the hit squad that wiped out Marrazano at his office before he could have Lucky whacked. You see the old school guineas didn't want to associate with the Jews but Lucky and Frank Costello and Albert Anastasia had good relationships and partnerships with Landsy and Siegal and Lepke Buchalter and Jack Gurrah Saphiro and Dopey Benny Fine. They knew that it was a real good thing to have some tough Jews on your side.

With all the bullshit going on with the health care bill it has gone unnoticed and unremarked that Israel and the US are at loggerheads and that our relations have never been at a lower ebb. With Iran about to get the bomb and terrorist ready to use it on us, you would think that Barry and Hillary might realize that this isn't the time to pick a stupid fight with your best friends.

You need some tough Jews on your side when it is time to go to the mattresses.