“Except they never have helped us in our wars over there.”
Well, except doing things like blowing up Iraq’s nuclear weapons program, sabotaging Iran’s nuclear weapons program (remember Stuxnet and the audacious theft of records?), and blowing up Syria/North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, you mean.
It’s a one-two punch.
Fair points. Ultimately the money will be spent buying stuff from US military contractors which helps keep our own defense industry going. Without foreign sales many would have to close down. So that helps our security too.