Israel would defend itself even if all US aid were cut off.
Israel only gets 3 billions per year while $50 billion is spent by us on Gulf security and security for Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. We have troops stationed in those two nations. Bin Ladin wants the US out and so does Saddam Hussein
| source link Holding The Bag In the Gulf The New York Times, September 18, 1996 By Lawrence J. Korb, After the gulf war, the Navy created the Fifth Fleet, stationed permanently in the gulf. It consists of 21 ships manned by 15,000 sailors and marines, along with 12 more ships with equipment for ground forces and about 250 planes to protect the fleet and enforce the no-flight zones over Iraq. In addition, there are 10,000 people on the ground in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates, along with enough equipment for another Army brigade. On various occasions since the gulf war, including this month, the United States has augmented this standing force by sending a second aircraft carrier, a squadron of stealth fighters and additional air defense groups and bombers. According to Michael O'Hanlon, a military analyst at the Brookings Institution, the total cost of maintaining the United States force in the gulf is at least $50 billion per year. The purpose of spending all this money is to insure that neither Iran nor Iraq threatens the oil fields of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. But the United States currently imports only about 10 percent of it's oil from the Persian Gulf — some $10 billion to $15 billion worth, depending upon world prices. |
... the total cost of maintaining the United States force in the gulf is at least $50 billion per year.We must take the damn oil fields and hold them as territories. Otherwise we will have continuing bloddshed and massive expenses, and our parties will be the political playthings of a small group of elite made too rich too quick, who had not to work for their massive wealth.The purpose of spending all this money is to insure that neither Iran nor Iraq threatens the oil fields of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. But the United States currently imports only about 10 percent of it's oil from the Persian Gulf — some $10 billion to $15 billion worth, depending upon world prices.
BTW, the 50 billion or so spent on military resources in the Gulf would cost that if they were tied up in San Diego. To compare that amount to the foreign aid given Israel is simply a false comparison, as you know. Aid to Israel in direct grants and forgiven "loans" alone now totals $91 billion. Adding the other goodies and interest would double this (as it does your house payment). That's not trivial, even for the US. It's past time to let Israel fight its own wars.
Have you wonderwd why no country has spoken up urging the inclusion of Israel in the coalition? The reason is that Israel does not have a single friend except the US--not one. It used to count South Africa as a friend but that pretty well ended with apartheid.