catzmeow
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...well controversial since it's coming from me. But just what does Israel do for the U.S.?
I'm not ant-Isreal but I am curious just why we need to risk our children's lives for Israel.
If we weren't so dependent on ME oil we wouldn't need to be concerned with Israel other than in a humanitarian way.
When the shit hits the fan and it likley will in a few weeks and Obama tells us that we will act in conjunction with out allies, we know that our kids will be the bulk of those "allies".
If you say they provide intlleigence info, I'm pretty sure that we can get that on our own.
But sticking to the question.
What doies Israel do for us?
And remember, I'm merely playing Devil's' Advocate here so don't jump all over my ass...just answer the question please.
I started having these thoughts a couple of years ago. When Bibi Netanyahu announces that Israel will be building thousand more settlements in a disputed part of Israel in the midst of a so-called peace process (November, 2010), it seems like Israel has gotten so used to hiding behind America's skirts that Netanyahu is like a bratty little kid who knows he can thumb his nose at the world, knowing that America will let him do whatever he wants.
I grasp that Israel is an ally, but why do we continue to allow an ally to whom we give billions in funding to do whatever the hell they want and continue to embroil us in their disputes?
I think American policy should be compliance with our goals, regardless of which country we're discussing, or withdrawal of our aid funding. So, if Egypt doesn't hold free and fair elections, we pull funds. If Israel builds new settlements that it agreed the previous year not to build, we pull funds.
It's completely counter-productive to give billions of dollars to a country so that the politicians in that country can utilize those funds to develop weapons that they can then turn around and use against our best interests.
In Israel's case, not only have we set up a situation where Netanyahu is essentially interfering in our current election (seriously, wtf?), but American weapons manufacturers continue to push support of Israel because a lot of the aid dollars that go to Israel are given with the caveat that they must be used to purchase weapons. The weapons manufacturers don't want that aid to stop, because if it did, it would dry up a significant revenue stream for them. So, we've created this entire system where politicians who go against Israel doing whatever the hell the current crop of politicians wants to do are punished on multiple levels...first, by the pro-Jewish lobby, but second, by the weapons contractors. And, don't think that second group isn't a significant lobbying force to be reckoned with.
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