On Thursday, the Israeli Defense Ministry announced that it secured $8.7 billion in military aid from the US to support its "ongoing military efforts," meaning the genocidal slaughter in Gaza and Israel's dramatic escalation in Lebanon. The ministry said in a statement that its director-general, Maj. Gen. Eyal Zamir, concluded…
Normally, I could understand offering at least some minimal baseline level of defensive aid (edit: and perhaps even an inflated one considering that the the one year anniversary of the Hamas attack is coming up), but…
Israel has nukes. Why the heck does the US need to offer defensive aid to a nuclear armed country?
The US doesn’t do this for any other allied (UK, France) or loosely allied neutral (India) country with nukes.
Asked whether Israel could get by without US economic and diplomatic support, Benjamin Miller, Professor of International Relations, and the Director of the National Security Center at the University of Haifa, gives a one word answer - “No.”
Every dollar saved because of “defensive aid” gets spent on offensive weapons…
If they had to pay for their own defense, they wouldn’t be able to start so many wars at once.
Normally, I could understand offering at least some minimal baseline level of defensive aid (edit: and perhaps even an inflated one considering that the the one year anniversary of the Hamas attack is coming up), but…
Israel has nukes. Why the heck does the US need to offer defensive aid to a nuclear armed country?
The US doesn’t do this for any other allied (UK, France) or loosely allied neutral (India) country with nukes.
If they had to pay for their own defense they wouldn’t exist.
Source for that?
They’re trying to make sure other nations don’t exist.
Sure, here’s a professor of International relations in Israel:
https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-could-israel-manage-without-us-support-1001473884
He’s talking about being able to continue the genocide.
That’s… A good thing.
Not while I’m paying for them
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