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The Iron Dome ( air defense system) became operational in 2011. By 2014, it had intercepted more than 1200 rockets. It's an almost every other day occurrence in Israel.
The US has invested more than $1 billion into the dome projects.
Publicly-traded Raytheon Corp, with 63,000 employees all over the world, is a partner.
Because Obama spent $1T in US taxpayer money and a many many American lives to defeat the terrorists there. And it appears he absolutely failed at it.
That's why.
Militant Islamic terrorism began to heat up in the late 60's and provided the model for secular and religious militants. Gawd only knows how much the US has invested in keeping the flames burning over the past 50 years. All it's really accomplished is making terrorists more powerful.
The Bush Admin spent $6 Trillion on the Iraq War and his administration did not defeat terrorists. It appears he absolutely failed at it.
And how much will the US spend going forward and not defeat terrorism?
Terrorism is portable ideology, not a place.
Terrorists, like war lords and politicians, have been conscripting religion to control the masses and make asset grabs, since forever.
As Israel was not invited to the ISIS party by either side, the only assistance they give is medical assistance to anyone who strolls across the Syrian border needing it.
The media and the government calls everyone ISIS. All you have to do is pledge allegiance to ISIS. The group is probably Ansar Beit al-Maqdis which downed the EgyptAir jet.
The media and the government calls everyone ISIS. All you have to do is pledge allegiance to ISIS. The group is probably Ansar Beit al-Maqdis which downed the EgyptAir jet.
Pretty much. I can rob a liquor store and say that I'm an ISIS member. Everyone in America would buy it.
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