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The US has given Egypt $80 billion over the last 40 years, which is about what the US has given Israel over 70 years. Of course the US gives Israel some money
by adventured 6y ago
The US has given Egypt $80 billion over the last 40 years, which is about what the US has given Israel over 70 years.
Of course the US gives Israel some money still, mostly related to its on-going military relationship with Israel in developing weapons systems and technology. There isn't anybody in this thread that doesn't already know that. And the US gives money to a lot of other nations too.
None of that negates what I so precisely worded to try to avoid this follow-up response. I failed unfortunately.
Israel has a $400 billion GDP at this point. As I noted, the US does not particularly fund Israel. US funding to Israel represents a now trivial part of their economic system. They do not require the US, they are free-standing.
- solosoyokaze 6y ago> Of course the US gives Israel some money still, mostly related to its on-going military relationship with Israel in developing weapons systems and technology This is the problem I have with funding Israel. We're literally giving them money to commit war crimes and illegal military action. We should be sanctioning them (if we want to be consistent), not funding them.
- slavak 6y agoWar crimes and illegal military action seem to very much be the preferred business of the American military-industrial complex. Most of the US foreign aid given to Israel can only be spent on purchasing US military hardware. The people who benefit from funneling additional billions into the MIC are the same ones that benefit from ongoing American military actions on foreign soil...
- snypher 6y agoIsrael received $3.8b in the covid bill passed a few days ago. If they don't need it, send it back because we could sure use it here.