Did you know that the first Secretary of Defense, James Forrestal was opposed to the creation of Israel because he feared that it would alienate middle east US allies, endanger western access to middle east oil and drive Arabs into the arms of the Soviet Union? For those insane beliefs the press ran stories accusing him of being mentally ill which would end up getting him fired and imprisoned in a DC mental hospital, while imprisoned there he tied his hospital gown around his neck and jumped out the window to commit suicide.