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To: SkyDancer

With the $2+ billion Foreign Military Assistance we give Israel every year, they can afford it.


14 posted on 12/07/2013 2:06:16 PM PST by GreyHoundSailor
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To: GreyHoundSailor

Fair trade then for all the assistance the US give Israel’s enemies.


16 posted on 12/07/2013 2:19:46 PM PST by SkyDancer (Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral.)
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To: GreyHoundSailor
With the $2+ billion Foreign Military Assistance we give Israel every year, they can afford it.

That assistance is predicated on buying American Military hardware...

19 posted on 12/07/2013 2:25:29 PM PST by Popman
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“With the $2+ billion Foreign Military Assistance we give Israel every year, they can afford it.”

Basically, China is buying Israel the ships. Very nice of them.


23 posted on 12/07/2013 2:49:42 PM PST by EQAndyBuzz ("Senator Cruz basically made the Democrats fight for a whole bunch of things that they already had.")
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To: GreyHoundSailor
With the $2+ billion Foreign Military Assistance we give Israel every year, they can afford it.
Actually, no. I believe it is to be spent only on American weapons. It also does not necessarily fee up funds, because Israel has to counter current and potential threats from Egypt and Jordan, which get military assistance from the US. There have been a few analyses which have indicated that Israel would be better off with no military aid in the region. And that isn't even counting the political effects of the aid.
31 posted on 12/07/2013 5:52:26 PM PST by rmlew ("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers.")
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