Posted on 10/10/2023 8:50:38 PM PDT by USA-FRANCE
Yep.
And he’s not participating in a forum he’s spewing readymade propaganda.
Show me your anger towards the 30 plus conflicts going on in Africa right now involving mass torture and genocide. Why are you not talking about those as well?
I’m gonna borrow that image if you don’t mind......
Go ahead, I stole it too!
He gets high praise from me. Why should the USA be funding Israel’s defense?
That has been totally debunked as classic Russian propaganda.
A montage. So easy to do.
“That has been totally debunked as classic Russian propaganda.”
No it hasn’t, stop lying, liar
The great thing about a completely unbacked, printed, centrally-controlled and issued currency is that TPTB can fund any war, any political group, or any social-engineering project they want
Exceptionally short-sighted, not to mention stupid. Because the bottom one would be more than happy to wipe you and your family out.
Americans need to be very sure they are not being gaslighted to advance a hidden agenda,
American support for the highly praised billion dollar Iron Dome system is part of a larger package of US military aid to Israel, which according to an agreement between the two countries will total $38 billion in the years 2019 to 2028.
How did the US contribute to the Iron Dome?
The United States partnered with Israel’s Iron Dome Department to develop the system. U.S. Defense Secretary visited Tel Aviv in 2020 and saw the Iron Dome when the U.S. purchased two of its own. The IMDO receives joint funding with the United States Missile Defense Agency to carry out joint initiatives.
What Is Israel’s “Iron Dome” Anti-Rocket System?
Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com › business › 2023/10/08
aipac.com
U.S. Security Assistance to Israel
American Israeli Public Affairs Committee Briefing Book 2023
The United States has long defined Israel’s survival and security as important to its own national interests. Israel helps the United States meet its growing security challenges through close cooperation and a range of innovative technologies. Through executive commitment and legislative action, America provides Israel with annual security assistance that helps the Middle East’s only democracy defend itself—by itself—against mounting security threats.
History and Terms
The United States has supported Israel politically since its reestablishment in 1948. But it was not until the late 1960s that it began to regularly provide security assistance to the Jewish state. Since then, America has consistently provided Israel with security assistance to help it stay strong and deter its enemies.
U.S. security assistance to Israel promotes our national security and our economy, and helps our ally defend itself against growing threats.
Security Assistance: By means of its annual foreign aid, U.S. security assistance to Israel is the most tangible manifestation of American support for the Jewish state. Assistance primarily takes the form of funding for Israel to purchase the arms needed to defend itself from its adversaries.
QME: A core element of U.S. policy is to maintain Israel’s qualitative military edge (QME)—the ability to counter and defeat any credible conventional military threat while sustaining minimal damages and casualties. In 2008, Congress wrote America’s longstanding commitment to Israel’s QME into law and required the president to continually assess whether it is being maintained.
Memoranda of Understanding: In 1998, the United States and Israel signed their first 10-year “Memorandum of Agreement on Security Cooperation” to increase security assistance to Israel while phasing out economic aid. Under the agreement, the United States committed to providing Israel $21.3 billion in security assistance. In 2016, America committed to provide $38 billion under a new 10-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).
Serving American Interests
U.S. provides security assistance to key allies around the world. Current law ensures this aid can only be used for “internal security, for legitimate self-defense.”
Anchor of Stability: In an increasingly uncertain Middle East, Israel is the one stable democratic ally upon which America can consistently depend. Cooperation between the two countries in intelligence, homeland security, missile defense and counterterrorism has helped the United States meet its growing security challenges. U.S. support for Israel helps deter regional conflict by making clear to potential foes that they cannot defeat the Jewish state.
Israeli Innovation: As a result of the strong friendship between Israel and the United States, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the U.S. military share technologies and techniques that greatly benefit both nations. Israel has pioneered cutting-edge technologies in cyber defense, unmanned vehicles, sensors and electronic warfare systems, and advanced defenses for military vehicles. In addition, Israeli battlefield medical technologies have saved countless American lives. The innovative use of U.S. military equipment by the IDF, coupled with shared know-how, has helped the U.S. military improve its own equipment and tactics.
Stockpiles: Established in the 1980s, the War Reserves Stock Allies-Israel program consists of up to $3.4 billion of U.S.-owned and -managed weapons and equipment stored in Israel for use by the U.S. military. The IDF may access these reserves during emergencies, if authorized by the U.S. government.
Crucial to Israel’s Security
Mounting Threats: The ongoing instability gripping the region directly threatens the Jewish state. To its north, Israel faces Hezbollah in Lebanon and a growing Iranian presence in Syria; to its south, Israel faces Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) in Gaza while ISIS-affiliated terrorists roam the Sinai Peninsula; to its west, militant terrorist groups are gaining strength in the West Bank. Israel’s greatest threat remains Iran, which is attempting to surround the Jewish state with terrorist proxies while developing the capability to produce nuclear weapons.
Congressional Research Service
US Foreign aid to Israel
60 page detailed report
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/RL/RL33222/44
Apparently Iron Dome doesn’t do jack squat against swarms of filthy, black clad muzzies with AKs and trafficked NATO rifles.
We aren't defending our own border, why should we pay to defend theirs?
Claiming you aren’t taking sides while regularly posting spin and propaganda for Russia.
Claiming moral equivalence is also taking a side. One of them wants to establish a global caliphate and wipe all of us (including you) out. The other does not. It is indeed a time for choosing and it definitely matters which side wins.
>You’ve picked a side.
That is as ridiculous as those here who call people Putin bootlickers for not wanting to fund Ukraine / the Ukrainian kleptocracy. Which, BTW, there are reports that Hamas had arms that had come from those given to Ukraine.
Dang, you beat me to it. That’s what I get for not reading the thread before posting.
Absolutely picked a side. Did you see the post that he was responding to? Not ridiculous at all - just stating the obvious.
It’s pretty obvious this guy is a Putin bootlicker constantly posting pure propaganda as well. On a thread completely unrelated to Ukraine and comments I made completely unrelated to Ukraine pointing out Russia and Putin’s support of terror regimes like Iran and Syria as well as apparently friendly diplomatic relations with Hamas, the response I was given was “Hamas thanks you for your support of Zelensky” as though it was some sort of retort. Totally nonsensical.
In this situation, crying about money is inappropriate. Rand Paul can be responsible for people dying in the Middle East if he wants to be.
This is a wake up call with regard to some people who call themselves conservative. First Ukraine, now Israel. Perhaps they should join BLM and self-styled Palestinians in demonstrating.
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