On an annual basis, the United States supplies about 12% of Israel's military budget. That's the equivalent of topping up the US military budget by $100 billion per year.
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But how much is it really?
US has been supplying Israel about $4B a year for the last decade, give or take.
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sounds like biden should call bibi and let him know the money spigot is closed until he starts digging up dirt on trump
after all, republicans have made it clear there's absolutely nothing wrong with that
+1 for great idea!
I totally agree with this.
Not to be a wet blanket, but I don't think this is very funny. If Republican depravity means I can't live in a world in which neither major political party is corrupt, I'd at least like to continue living in a world in which *both* are not corrupt.
the funny part isn't that biden might actually do this
the funny part is knowing the republicans were lying sacks of shit when they claimed they were ok with any potus extorting a foreign leader to ratfuck his opponent
sounds like biden should call bibi and let him know the money spigot is closed until he starts digging up dirt on trump
Biden can shut off a spigot mandated by Congress? I don't think so. This White House has approximately zero leverage over the Netanyahu government, and Bibi knows it.
Are there any allegations that anyone in Trump's family has any kind of inappropriate businesses relationship with any Israeli entity?
Now that the IDF has admitted having killed three hostages that they had perceived as a threat, Netanyahu really ought to resign.
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-12-15/ty-article-live/senior-u-s-official-hamas-leader-sinwars-days-are-numbered/0000018c-6b87-db38-a9fc-eba7b5250000
The fact that it has taken so long to even determine that the astounding level of civilian deaths is likely due to Israel's use of "dumb" bombs seems incomprehensible.
It was inevitable that the IDF’s mostly indiscriminate process would eventually result in this.
How many trios of unarmed non-combatant Gazans have been killed in the same way?
Why should this tragic accident be a reason for Netanyahu to resign?
Please provide an iota of evidence that the number of civilian casualties is due to use of dumb bombs.
Finally, why do you think the number of civilian casualties is high? How many would be appropriate in a war like this?
That's why the "sure, Israeli policies are barbaric, but have you heard about the latest Hamas atrocity?" narrative is so stupid. We only subsidize one side, and yeah that's the one we're mainly concerned with.
What a convenient excuse for ignoring one of the most barbaric and evil entities on the planet.
By that same logic I suppose the US should have tried to get Britain to curb it's nighttime bombing of German cities in 1941 prior to our entry in the war and ignore German death squads crossing their eastern borders and exterminating any Jews they could find. Oh wait, we have circled back around to Hamas again, haven't we!
The situations are different.
Nothing is ever exactly the same, although there are significant similarities here.
But the key point is that just because we do not supply Hamas with aid does not mean that we should ignore their manifestly evil nature and actions.
But the key point is that just because we do not supply Hamas with aid does not mean that we should ignore their manifestly evil nature and actions.
No, the key point is America shouldn't be funding Israel's massive war crimes to the tune of several billion annually. No parallel arguments exists with respect to Hamas, because US taxpayers aren't funding them.
Nobody is "ignoring" the evil things Hamas has done. That's just your absurd strawmanning.
I see no evidence of any significant war crimes by Israel and I see great value in standing by an ally and eliminating Hamas which has been a cancer in the region for decades.
Finally, have you forgotten that Hamas also murdered Americans on Oct 7 and is still holding American hostages? Or ate they not important because they are Jewish?
In what way?
Don't feed the troll. Now fuck off back from wherever you came from, you dishonest piece of shite.
Who said Israeli policies are barbaric?
How much of that is spent on acquiring American-made weaponry?
(Same question for Ukraine.)
My guess is that this is mostly a domestic jobs program. And when we’re not at war, the American manufacturers get to see how their products do in field conditions.
Pretty much all of it, although that means they don't have to spend that money on weapons out of their own tax revenues instead.
The Ukraine aid explicitly is handing out weapons and ammunition IIRC, without the end-run we do with Israeli aid.
Such a deal! The American merchants of death get the money and Palestinian civilians get blown up. Also their homes and any possessions.
"American merchants of death"
Disparaging comment. The US defense industry, and the millions of workers there, are not "merchants of death". They are the companies designing and building the top-tier weapon systems wanted by the US federal government to maintain our military supremacy.
US defense contractors certainly benefit financially when we supply military aid to Israel and Ukraine. But that doesn't mean the decision to drive aid is driven by the desire to create US jobs or to test new weapons. Instead, there has been a consensus that as a country we want to supply military aid to both Israel and Ukraine. In fact, this is considered important to do (although some on the left in the US are now questioning aid to Israel and some MAGA people dislike aid to Ukraine).
Wow!
So, we could, quite literally, decimate the Israeli military budget. Were we willing.
Thankfully we recognize the importance of giving them aid so they can protect themselves.
So, we could, quite literally, decimate the Israeli military budget. Were we willing.
No, that's unlikely because they certainly would simply increase the domestic-funded portion of their defense budget. Israel has a nearly $600 billion GDP. They can come up with an additional 3 or 4 billion on their own perfectly easily.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Israel#:~:text=The%20Economist%20ranked%20Israel%20as,to%20other%20highly%20developed%20countries.
The crazy thing is, in light of the above, the US has for years been taking a hit in terms of global opinion (helping a colonizing state to break international law and commit war crimes will tend to do that!) for essentially zero justification. Israel simply doesn't need the money. It's nuts.
No. It is standing by an ally. I live in UAE and I can guarantee to you that the thoughtful people here are observing that.
The government here is very competent and run by very thoughtful people who are trying to decide where they will stand in a bipolar world dominated by the US and China and whether they can afford to risk standing against Iran (for which they need US protection) after the US abandonment of Afghanistan.
This is sheer insanity. So, are we protecting the Americans who have moved to Israel and who have taken over the Palestinian lands....
I, personally, have had enough. I'd rather this amount went to Ukraine.
This is sheer insanity. So, are we protecting the Americans who have moved to Israel and who have taken over the Palestinian lands....
Don't be ridiculous. Our money is hastening the arrival of the rapture. It's a good investment! Don't you know anything?
And how large is our non-military subsidy for our “ally”?
Is that just the $3.8 billion annually? Isn't it a bit more for the periodic Iron Dome bailouts?