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I guess Iran complained to Biden and said they needed help funding all the terrorism in the region. A lot of mouths to feed: Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis, Shia militia in Iraq, Syrian Arab Republic.
Biden knows if he gives money directly to Iran, most people don’t like it, including Democrats.
But if he gives it directly to the terrorists, it keeps Ilhan Omar, Tlaib, and AOC very content. So the Democrats will support that.
Seriously though, if you want to destabilize the region, just inject the Iranian side with cash and then sit back and watch the chaos.
How long has Israel, and its overseas Jewish allies been complaining and getting reparation money, and FMF from everyone else?
How much money have we given the Arab nations as part of the peace process on behalf of Israel? If anyone in the region is sucking blood it is Israel.
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No, for several reasons.
First, it is a matter of priorities. The Israelis aren't living in poverty. Maybe fix that, before worrying about how you are going to plan your next attack.
Second, and more importantly, we (the USA) require them to use that money on defense. We give it to them in the form of military finance grants, so they don't exactly have a choice in the matter. They can't go out and build infrastructure with it. They have to do that with their own money, which nobody can accuse them of short changing their infrastructure, and bettering the lives of their citizens.
Why we or anyone be giving Israel any money for anything in the first place? What benefit does it do for anyone besides Israel? Whatever Israel's beef with its neighbors has nothing to do with us.
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It's a nice thought, but history has shown that if you give the Palestinians better infrastructure, they'll just find a way to use it to further their terroristic aims, and eventually it'll get destroyed. Heck, the "world community" gave them an entire international airport out of the dirt, and it lasted only two years before Israel was forced to destroy it.
If we really want to solve the never-ending Palestinian-caused crises, I can think of only two ways. One, we invade their land, depose their leaders, install our own rulers, completely remake their society, and reprogram them to live as normal people instead of blood-thirsty savages. In other words, we do what we did with Germany and Japan at the end of World War II. (And let the record show that it worked.)
The second way would be to do to the Palestinians what the Palestinians want to do to the Jews.
We been giving Israel $3bil a year for as long as I think I have been alive if not longer.
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I don't think HAMAS or Iran have any Congressmen unless you include Omar, Tlaib, Presley or AOC
Israel has the whole Dem Cabinet, and a lot of Trumps Admin, and I can probably go back even further.
We been giving Israel $3bil a year for as long as I think I have been alive if not longer.
Nowhere near what we give to Israel yearly so whatever. When we stop giving to both sides then come talk to me.
Thank goodness, finally a poster that understands how our military and international aide are allocated.
Portions of the funds: The bulk of the money will go through the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees – United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) – which received $150 million. Another $10 million will be disbursed through USAID for peace-building programs; and $75 million will fund economic and development assistance in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Security assistance programs also will restart.
Last time I checked in 1950 U.S. taxpayers have sent over $6.3 billion through the United Nations to subsidize Palestinian refugees living in Gaza, the West Bank, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon.
clearly some United States misguided citizens and politicians do not support the UNITED NATIONS.
Well actually they do if like Number 45, the cause lines his families pockets .
Thank goodness, finally a poster that understands how our military and international aide are allocated.
Portions of the funds: The bulk of the money will go through the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees – United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) – which received $150 million. Another $10 million will be disbursed through USAID for peace-building programs; and $75 million will fund economic and development assistance in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Security assistance programs also will restart.
Last time I checked in 1950 U.S. taxpayers have sent over $6.3 billion through the United Nations to subsidize Palestinian refugees living in Gaza, the West Bank, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon.
clearly some United States misguided citizens and politicians do not support the UNITED NATIONS.
Well actually they do if like Number 45, the cause lines his families pockets .
U.N. is very biased, but it’s clear many misguided or outright antisemitic citizens and politicians - just about all Democrats - support a pro-Arab, anti-Israel body.
Wow. It’s sure clear that the New Democrat Party is the New Anti-Israel Party. If I’ve counted corrected, the only two Republicans against Israel are Sumerian and NJ Brazen. Everyone else is a liberal, and among them, some blatant antisemites.
And let them keep doing it. They should also fund everything they need to do by themselves, and not leach off US taxpayers.
You might want to examine why you are so mad at Israel. They are just accepting he money. If I walked up to you and handed you $10,000, you wouldn't take it? Would taking it make you a "leach" <sic>?
You show more contempt for the government accepting the money than you do for the country giving it. This kind of thinking is exactly the kind of thing that makes people wonder whether or not "anti-Isreal" is really just a cover for anti-Jew.
Not to mention that $3B isn't even a lot of money for us anymore. We have devalued the dollar to the point where $3B is chump change for us. We have a national debt of $28T, and we pay more than $1B a day in interest, alone. Our budget is $21T, making the $3B we pay to Israel, only 0.014% of our yearly budget. This was a much better argument a couple of decades ago when $1B was still a lot of money.
Like I said to that other poster, if you dont like it, write your congressman.
You might want to examine why you are so mad at Israel. They are just accepting he money. If I walked up to you and handed you $10,000, you wouldn't take it? Would taking it make you a "leach" <sic>?
You show more contempt for the government accepting the money than you do for the country giving it. This kind of thinking is exactly the kind of thing that makes people wonder whether or not "anti-Isreal" is really just a cover for anti-Jew.
Not to mention that $3B isn't even a lot of money for us anymore. We have devalued the dollar to the point where $3B is chump change for us. We have a national debt of $28T, and we pay more than $1B a day in interest, alone. Our budget is $21T, making the $3B we pay to Israel, only 0.014% of our yearly budget. This was a much better argument a couple of decades ago when $1B was still a lot of money.
Like I said to that other poster, if you dont like it, write your congressman.
His “tell” was the disdain he revealed for “Jewish allies.” There are plenty of Christians who recognize that Israel deserves to defend itself, yet the complaint is about the Jews.
I always ask if hating Israel has nothing to do with antisemitism, why do so many of the posters get a dig in about Jews?
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