Excellent article. One point that’s often missed about the roughly $3.8 billion the U.S. gives Israel is that it isn’t typical foreign aid. Most of it must be spent in the United States on American defense companies — aircraft, missile systems, and other military equipment — so it supports American industry as much as it supports Israel.
That’s why the constant fixation on this aid always strikes me as selective. Critics rarely show the same outrage over far larger sums sent elsewhere, including money that ends up supporting deeply questionable policies in places like the Palestinian Authority.
I also think Netanyahu is right that Israel ultimately shouldn’t rely on any one administration in Washington. Governments change, and strong allies should aim for self-reliance.
And on a broader geopolitical note, if Washington is thinking strategically about alliances, it would be wise to strengthen ties with rising democracies like India rather than continuing to indulge unreliable actors like Pakistan.
Just the facts. Thanks. Cannot look at a number like 4 billion without asking the total lost to fraud and waste and govt incompetence and unneeded employees. And remember and never forget the name of every politician, journalist, and podcaster ( and their voters and APOLOGISTS) who DEMAND that the waste and fraud not even be investigated.
It happens every time. Every time I read an article here, more of the mishegoss in my head regarding the Middle East gets cleared away and the light shines through. So much fake garbage, i can’t castigate myself for getting confused. Great article, crystal-clear thinking, superb writing.
I think Israel needs America to maintain Her Air superiority. Do not forget this. This has been amply demonstrated, since last summer’s strike on Iran and the current Iran conflict. Please also do not dismiss Europe’s absolute dependence too on America and Israel. The violent and fissiparous Middle East is adjacent to Europe, which would have been totally within range of Iran’s ICBM’s which Iran was developing. America and Israel stopped all of this, and has thus secured Europe far into the future.
This is a total crock ! What we have spent in defense ( hah) aid to Israel was because we were in at the inception, the Arabs went beserk when Israel was established and have paid for it in spades but the big shift here was the wooing of Saudi Arabia and the Emirates by American administrations to the detriment of Israel.israel has no oil so it does not figure in any energy negotiations which are of prime importance to Trump. Check Venezuela. What Israel did not figure on was how erratic and incompetent Trump is altho he does like Bibi. A country as big as New Jersey with no oil just is useful only as a place Jesus will return to if he chooses.
Excellent article. One point that’s often missed about the roughly $3.8 billion the U.S. gives Israel is that it isn’t typical foreign aid. Most of it must be spent in the United States on American defense companies — aircraft, missile systems, and other military equipment — so it supports American industry as much as it supports Israel.
That’s why the constant fixation on this aid always strikes me as selective. Critics rarely show the same outrage over far larger sums sent elsewhere, including money that ends up supporting deeply questionable policies in places like the Palestinian Authority.
I also think Netanyahu is right that Israel ultimately shouldn’t rely on any one administration in Washington. Governments change, and strong allies should aim for self-reliance.
And on a broader geopolitical note, if Washington is thinking strategically about alliances, it would be wise to strengthen ties with rising democracies like India rather than continuing to indulge unreliable actors like Pakistan.
Just the facts. Thanks. Cannot look at a number like 4 billion without asking the total lost to fraud and waste and govt incompetence and unneeded employees. And remember and never forget the name of every politician, journalist, and podcaster ( and their voters and APOLOGISTS) who DEMAND that the waste and fraud not even be investigated.
No amount of logic is going to convince the haters. Great read.
Superb article and spot on. Thank you for taking the time to explain this to the dolts who will never seek the truth.
It happens every time. Every time I read an article here, more of the mishegoss in my head regarding the Middle East gets cleared away and the light shines through. So much fake garbage, i can’t castigate myself for getting confused. Great article, crystal-clear thinking, superb writing.
I think Israel needs America to maintain Her Air superiority. Do not forget this. This has been amply demonstrated, since last summer’s strike on Iran and the current Iran conflict. Please also do not dismiss Europe’s absolute dependence too on America and Israel. The violent and fissiparous Middle East is adjacent to Europe, which would have been totally within range of Iran’s ICBM’s which Iran was developing. America and Israel stopped all of this, and has thus secured Europe far into the future.
This is a total crock ! What we have spent in defense ( hah) aid to Israel was because we were in at the inception, the Arabs went beserk when Israel was established and have paid for it in spades but the big shift here was the wooing of Saudi Arabia and the Emirates by American administrations to the detriment of Israel.israel has no oil so it does not figure in any energy negotiations which are of prime importance to Trump. Check Venezuela. What Israel did not figure on was how erratic and incompetent Trump is altho he does like Bibi. A country as big as New Jersey with no oil just is useful only as a place Jesus will return to if he chooses.
Israel knows that within 3 years, there may arise in America a Parish who knows not Joseph. When that happens, the end will be on the horizon.