If They Have The Weapons, They WILL Use Them

in #israel3 years ago

"More recently, in fiscal year 2019, the US provided $3.8 billion in foreign military aid to Israel. Israel also benefits from about $8 billion of loan guarantees. Almost all US aid to Israel is now in the form of military assistance…"
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93United_States_relations#%3A%7E%3Atext%3DMore_recently%2C_in_fiscal_year%2Calso_received_significant_economic_assistance.?wprov=sfla1

"Why provide aid to a country that is, as Kristof correctly notes, affluent? Because aid to Israel isn’t aid to Israel — it is corporate welfare for U.S.-based military contractors, which is where the money ends up. Joe Biden, of all people, should know this: He worked for the administration that set up the current system…"

"...In addition to the direct aid, Washington provides Israeli military buyers with sweetheart financing, loan guarantees, and the like to keep the flow of cash moving — not to Israel, only through Israel, and thence back home to employers represented in the Senate by Elizabeth Warren, Tim Kaine, and Ben Cardin."
National Review https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/05/the-truth-about-u-s-aid-to-israel/

And here's the kicker: Biden was the top recipient of military donations to his 2020 campaign. No wonder he bombed Syria:
https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/recips.php?cycle=2020&ind=D

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