Hitchens on the Israeli army

Only occasionally (rarely?) do I agree with everything in a Chris Hitchens column, but he nails it here. The US has to start being a better friend to Israel and telling it that it can’t use religious motivations for its actions against the Palesinitians and expect to receive military and economic aid is as good a place to start as any. Seriously, how can telling soldiers their religion mandates kiling innocents be a good idea in any context?