Did "Iron Dome" come from "Iron Wall?"I still refer you all to the report filed in the Library of Congress. When the Israelis demanded we supply them with Surface to Air missiles (circa mid to late 70's), we gave them to them. We also fund their defense budget with money too, lots of it. And when Israel proved that they could make the US supplied SAMs more effective, they refused to share the modifications with the US.
I will assume they enjoyed the same courtesy when the Patriot missiles came on to the scene in the early eighties.
John McCain reminded everyone that the US picked up a good part of the Israeli budget for Iron Dome last Sunday on Face the nation.
Lots of people think that Israel is a great ally of the US. I don't agree. Actions speak louder than words. And so far the US is still not getting its taxpayer's moneys worth. It is like we are the cash cow for Israel's agenda, and our needs are not considered by Israel.
In 1923 Ze'ev Jabotinsky, a founding father of today's Jewish state, wrote the following in his native language, Russian:
"Voluntary Agreement Not Possible.
"There can be no voluntary agreement between ourselves and the Palestine Arabs.
"Not now, nor in the prospective future.
"I say this with such conviction, not because I want to hurt the moderate Zionists. I do not believe that they will be hurt.
"Except for those who were born blind, they realised long ago that it is utterly impossible to obtain the voluntary consent of the Palestine Arabs for converting 'Palestine' from an Arab country into a country with a Jewish majority."
The Iron Wall - Vladimir (Ze'ev) Jabotinsky - 1923
In 1948, 650,000 Jews inflicted a Jewish State on 1.2 million Arabs and others, and US elites like John McCain are proud the US taxpayers continue to underwrite that illegal occupation.
That part won't change until US voters stop "choosing" between Republican OR Democrat in the voting booth.