forign aid lol what a joke

[cobia38]

As of 2005, direct U.S. economic and military assistance to Israel amounted to nearly 154 billion, a policy that has served to cause a widening rift between the Arab population and the United States


 In 2007, the United States increased its military aid to Israel by over 25%, to an average of $3 billion per year for the following ten year period (starting at $2.550 billion for 2008, growing by $150 million each year).

    as of 2005 154 BILLION $$$ this is insane 

  and just think this is only one leaching country sucking our lifeblood
  if we cut the $$$ to all the leaching countrys just think of the $$ we would save. 


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[Banshee7]

<hijack> i love your sig  </hijack>

[Fulmar]

Things could really start heating up in this thread...

[Holden McGroin]

In 2007, the United States increased its military aid to Israel by over 25%, to an average of $3 billion per year for the following ten year period (starting at $2.550 billion for 2008, growing by $150 million each year).

3 billion per year

Budget: 2770 billion

Budget Deficit: 163 billion

We could cut our deficit by 1.2%!

[Dago]

Luckily we recover some of the money through the spying programs Israel runs here spying on the USA, and through the huge lobbying efforts in Congress.  I am sure the congressmen return some of the bribe money into the economy.

[evenhaim]

And im sure youd love it if we stop supplying intelligence, bases of operation, new tech such as the new combat flight helmets for your attack choppers or the modification we invented for f16s new shoulder tanks, or the thousands of micro chips etc we produce for the us, not to mention the role we play in hosting the us mideast operations sheesh think before you blurt out blind facts...

[Elfie]

We could cut our deficit by 1.2%!

If we cut ALL foreign aid we would probably save a bit more than 1.2%

I'm actually in favor of cutting all foreign aid to all countries except Israel......

[REP0MAN]

And im sure youd love it if we stop supplying intelligence, bases of operation, new tech such as the new combat flight helmets for your attack choppers or the modification we invented for f16s new shoulder tanks, or the thousands of micro chips etc we produce for the us, not to mention the role we play in hosting the us mideast operations sheesh think before you blurt out blind facts...

Thank you Freez, I am glad you spoke up.

Israel is a friend and will be a friend for a long time to come. We need them and they need us. They are a great ally.

<S> Freez

[cobia38]

And im sure youd love it if we stop supplying intelligence, bases of operation, new tech such as the new combat flight helmets for your attack choppers or the modification we invented for f16s new shoulder tanks, or the thousands of micro chips etc we produce for the us, not to mention the role we play in hosting the us mideast operations sheesh think before you blurt out blind facts...

 we dont need bases of operation, we have carrier task forces for that.
 and all that tachno would not be, if not for the handouts in the first place.
 i have nothing against your country,or any other for that matter.
 but when i see #s like that i want to puke.
 and as for ops. in the mideast,IMHO its a waste of time.
 the entire region has been nothing more then a religous battleground for thousends of years.it all boils down to a deity pi$$ing match.and i dont want to pay for it.
 

[Dago]

we dont need bases of operation, we have carrier task forces for that.
 and all that tachno would not be, if not for the handouts in the first place.
 i have nothing against your country,or any other for that matter.
 but when i see #s like that i want to puke.
 and as for ops. in the mideast,IMHO its a waste of time.
 the entire region has been nothing more then a religous battleground for thousends of years.it all boils down to a deity pi$$ing match.and i dont want to pay for it.
 

You beat me to it, "supplying"?   A bit of a joke, more like a poor return on investment.

Why is Israel such a good friend?  Because they are always there when they need us?  Because they are willing to accept all that money and help build our national dept?

I wonder, if we cut all ties, who would feel the pinch of the separation first?

[evenhaim]

we dont need bases of operation, we have carrier task forces for that.
 and all that tachno would not be, if not for the handouts in the first place.
 i have nothing against your country,or any other for that matter.
 but when i see #s like that i want to puke.
 and as for ops. in the mideast,IMHO its a waste of time.
 the entire region has been nothing more then a religous battleground for thousends of years.it all boils down to a deity pi$$ing match.and i dont want to pay for it.
 

exactly that when someone blurts out leeching country this and that its asking for a pissing match talk about egypt who gets 2.4 billion rather than three and they are an islamic nation so.... you cant define 1 stereotype of aid recipient but just now that the us doesnt think that they dont need the bases of operation, and the tech is definatly related. If we didnt get aid, i doubt the us woud be getting all the tech that it sells of to its foriegn partners that we provide.

Sorry its just this is a touchy issue

[evenhaim]

You beat me to it, "supplying"?   A bit of a joke, more like a poor return on investment.

Why is Israel such a good friend?  Because they are always there when they need us?  Because they are willing to accept all that money and help build our national dept?

I wonder, if we cut all ties, who would feel the pinch of the separation first?

Lol that statment is just factually defict.

[cobia38]

 this taken from gallop poll
As of July 2006, 44% of Americans thought that the "United States supports Israel about the right amount," 11% thought "too little", and 38% thought "too much".
 
 wow 38% thought too much, and of those 44% who think its about the right amount.......if they knew the actuall # of $$$ would change ther opinion.

[evenhaim]

this taken from gallop poll
As of July 2006, 44% of Americans thought that the "United States supports Israel about the right amount," 11% thought "too little", and 38% thought "too much".
 
 wow 38% thought too much, and of those 44% who think its about the right amount.......if they knew the actuall # of $$$ would change ther opinion.

That sucks, but i doubt they know the inner workings of the us israeli relationship and what each does for the other as well..

[lasersailor184]

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