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What point was that, exactly?
You seem to be more impressed with the cleverness of your posts than they were worthy of......especially since you've now resorted to evidence of 'bragging' as opposed to empirical evidence of how much money in aid is being spent, when confronted by Israel's neighbor, Egypt, getting a comparable amount from us.....but I guess if you add enough smilies it'll APPEAR as though you have an argument.
Actually, no.
Israel receives more military aid from the U.S. than any other country in the world-note that I didn't say that the U.S. sells Israel more arms than any other country, I said that Israel receives more military aid. The bulk of the foreign aid we send to Israel is, in fact, in the form of armaments, or money to purchase them.This is unique, especially when one considers the GDP of Israel, it's per capita income, and exactly which products that Israel exports to the U.S.-in other words, when one considers the economic benefits the U.S. consumer sees from Israel......since, as Tez3 has posted, we're all about money here........:lol:
Another unique thing is that-well, take this year. When the budget is formulated and passed, whatever form it takes, it will contain military aid to Israel. No big deal: all foreign aid typically represents about 1% of the U.S. budget. Considered this way, even in the current economic climate, the massive amount of military aid the U.S. gives to Israel is a pittance. In any case, Israel typically receives all these funds within 30 days of the budget being set-another unique factor in this relationship. No other nation gets paid out their U.S. foreign aid in this manner.
And of course, there's the way the aid is structured: typically, Israel is committed to spending at least 50% of the money we give them on U.S. produced defense products. I say typically, because there are a bunch of loopholes now that defense contractors like Lockheed Martin (just as an example) have outsourced so much of their production. In any case, this constitutes a form of corporate welfare that is another unique factor in our relationship. As Tez3 pointed out, we are selling some $22-odd billion dollars worth of arms to Saudi Arabia, and, just as also pointed out, we sell arms to all kinds of people around the world, more than any one else. No where, though, not to Jordan, Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Japan (there's another "interesting" story), do we actually give money to the country to buy stuff from us-except for Israel. In return, what we get is a form of corporate welfare-and we get our hardware field tested, sooner or later.....:lfao:
I don't think that Israel is a "unique evil" in the world. I don't even think that Israel is "evil," if such a thing as an entire country being evil is possible. Hell, I like Israel, most Israelis I've met, and I usually admire their country's gutsiness and determination in the face of all their neighbors unquestionably wanting them gone.
I just question the benefit of the U.S.'s unique relationship with them to the U.S.
sgtmac46 said:
sgtmac46 said:
Now who's grasping at STRAWS? :lfao:
(think I'll come up with a Clinton Administration corollary to Godwin's law as well....:lfao
That's not to say I'm discounting the validity of your accusation. Having been witness to the W-88 debacle, as well as some of the after effects of his transfer of technology licensing to the Department of Commerce, I could probably only agree with you-but it's hardly relevant.Meanwhile, back on topic, in other, more relevant news:
And, in another bit of Middle Eastern insanity:
....just to point out one of the real "evils" of the region.....in keeping with the title of the thread, it seems to me that no one wants peace in the Holy Land.
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