A well reasoned and balanced statement. One that will be rejected by the Israel ping constituents once their primary spokespersons are made aware of this thread.
I feel that many people tend to allow their emotional attachments to Israel cloud their objectivity when examining this matter. Providing them with a few hundred million a year in military aid so they are able to defend themselves is one thing, subsidizing their economy to the tune of 3 to 5 billion a year is another. And to expect us to provide an additional $2 billion to assist them in their relocation of the Gaza settlers is the height of chutzpah...
But you are okay with the fact that we subsidize in much greater amounts, in blood as well as treasure, the far richer than Israel, Europe?
Of course those numbers are concealed in the DEFENSE budget not as foreign aide.
http://www.issues.org/21.4/pena.html
Our subsidies of European defense are put to good use by the all encompassing European social welfare system.
"A well reasoned and balanced statement. One that will be rejected by the Israel ping constituents once their primary spokespersons are made aware of this thread."
Actually it was shallow, ill informed, and void of context. Thanks for playing.