* In the past some commenters have suggested that Israel doesn’t need our aid since they have such a prosperous hi-tech economy. Now comes word that not only are they holding onto our aid, they are demanding a sharp increase as well.
So does Israel really need our aid after all? If it were to be cut off, would it threaten them?
* Without US fiscal “aid,” Israel would have collapsed long ago. They don’t have enough significant exports to create a viable economy. We pay them to serve as a “Fort Apache” in the Ottoman Empire, and to keep the most active Israeli’s over there, and not over here, or elsewhere.
Think about it. Would you really want a lot of Jews floating about in the world, who love to clan up, with no particular place to go, and nothing to do?
Israel exists for the same reason we still occupy Japan and Germany, and don’t even allow those two to have a significant military force to this day.
It’s America saying for eternity, “I guess we just have to separate you little shits–and keep your hands folded! Russia!! Behave, or you’re next!”
We pay Israel money to exist, to centralize them, thus ironically diluting their political voice, thus avoiding WWIII, and I’m fine with that. It’s not fair, but it beats being nuked, anytime.
