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Corruption Exposed
@ TDawg6
If Israel were to smarten up and start acting like the civilized country that they claim to be then maybe there would be less threads pointing out the genocidal apartheid that Israel practices.
Iscool
reply to post by MentorsRiddle
The US gives out foreign aid to over 140 foreign Countries to the tune of over 37 billion dollars per year...India and Pakistan receive more than Israel does...Kenya gets almost as much as Israel...China even gets about half a billion a year, if you can figure that one out...
Of all the billions we give Israel's neighbors, Israel is our only strategic military partner in the Near, Middle or Far East...If we called on Israel for military aid, they'll be there at the drop of a hat...
I'd say let us worry about the other 34 billion that we shuck out with no benefit to us whatsoever...
I'll side with the bill and Israel...
xavi1000
Corruption Exposed
@ TDawg6
If Israel were to smarten up and start acting like the civilized country that they claim to be then maybe there would be less threads pointing out the genocidal apartheid that Israel practices.
Smarten up ? Look up their neighbours , they are stoning women, they cut hands , they are hanging people on cranes, legal pedophile marriages, and don't start me on freedom of speech , free internet and not allowing women to drive and other middle age nonsenses.I think Israel is softy dealing with these barbaric countries.And i applaude US help.edit on 10-3-2014 by xavi1000 because: (no reason given)
yourignoranceisbliss
So your entire argument is "I hate barbaric Muslims" so we should support Israel.
Israel doesn't need our help to brutalize their neighbors. If you hate Israel's "barbaric" neighbors so much, I'll invite you right now to go join the IDF and stay there, we you can live out your fantasies of sniping schoolchildren and running over activists with bulldozers.
yourignoranceisbliss
Iscool
reply to post by MentorsRiddle
The US gives out foreign aid to over 140 foreign Countries to the tune of over 37 billion dollars per year...India and Pakistan receive more than Israel does...Kenya gets almost as much as Israel...China even gets about half a billion a year, if you can figure that one out...
Of all the billions we give Israel's neighbors, Israel is our only strategic military partner in the Near, Middle or Far East...If we called on Israel for military aid, they'll be there at the drop of a hat...
I'd say let us worry about the other 34 billion that we shuck out with no benefit to us whatsoever...
I'll side with the bill and Israel...
So you're Israel's best pal because....we need Israel's military? Are you on drugs? We have military bases all over the Middle East. We're so entrenched in the Middle East, we might as well call ourselves locals.
Your other argument is that we should continue paying Israel's bills because we're giving money to other nations as well? That's no reason at all. It sounds to me like you were desperate to rationalize supporting Israel, so you threw out the only two "reasons" that hadn't been touched upon yet. Except both of your reasons are bogus.
For Israel to be considered an ally, there would have to be some kind of mutual need. We don't need Israel, for anything.
Not for looking at all of the U.S. Citizen private records the NSA has been feeding them, unfiltered.
Not for continuing to build illegal settlements, in direct opposition of the U.N.
Not for killing innocent people delivering food and medical aid.
Israel Commandos gun down 19 peace activists
I mean, seriously, the list goes on and on and on.
This is America's "Greatest Ally"?
With friends like this, who needs enemies?