US military aid runs at over $2bn a year. Israel has a military budget nearing 10bn

Much of that is spent in the US ... Perhaps not much in the grand scale of things, but not to be sniffed at. Note also that 2bn a year is from the tax-payer and yet most of it ends up in the hands of US companies and their shareholders - welfare for the rich.

Posted By: BerlinCanary on August 1st 2006 at 13:49:36

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It is not our war (General Chat) - Cannydc, Aug 1, 12:53:14
- you assume Israel has a right to exist. Why not assume Palestinians right to (General Chat) - fal5taff, Aug 1, 13:14:56
  - Because they are smell lowlife (n/m) (General Chat) - Norfolk Coast, Aug 1, 13:17:32
  - well I thought that was what was being moved towards with israel leaving the gaza strip... (General Chat) - phrankin, Aug 1, 13:16:15
- Terrorists ?!!! (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Aug 1, 13:06:05
  - israel moved out of the gaza strip - hamas entered israel and kidknapped a soldier (General Chat) - phrankin, Aug 1, 13:07:47
    - Israel takes/kills people from outside its territory all the time (General Chat) - mr carra, Aug 1, 13:16:26
      - the solution they are asking for seems fair to me.... (General Chat) - phrankin, Aug 1, 13:18:38
        
        well they've bu**ered that one up (General Chat) - mr carra, Aug 1, 13:25:45
        
        true! probably all Iran's idea.... try to keep the bombs from landing on their soil (n/m) (General Chat) - phrankin, Aug 1, 13:38:02
    - Amazing Phrankin, I am starting to think you make sense! (n/m) (General Chat) - Norfolk Coast, Aug 1, 13:10:24
      - I am not saying any of it is right, but what did they expect?? (n/m) (General Chat) - phrankin, Aug 1, 13:12:31
- These states that harbour terrorists are to blame for most of the trouble world wide. (General Chat) - Norfolk Coast, Aug 1, 13:04:27
  - ha ha genius (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Aug 1, 13:06:23
  - thats plain daft. (General Chat) - shoddy, Aug 1, 13:06:09
  - its when large amoiunts of the general populous of these coutries supprorted 9/11 that you (General Chat) - phrankin, Aug 1, 13:06:05
- our need for M East oil has caused much of the tumoil in the region (General Chat) - mr carra, Aug 1, 13:00:43
  - but many in the arabs are looking for a war (General Chat) - phrankin, Aug 1, 13:03:35
    - but the main gripe of Islamic extremists.. (General Chat) - mr carra, Aug 1, 13:12:14
  - War is an economical solution, always has been, people dying is irrelevant to Blair & Bush (General Chat) - pants, Aug 1, 13:03:11
    - The US are benefitting from this, they condemn the bombing (General Chat) - pants, Aug 1, 13:22:45
      - good post that (n/m) (General Chat) - Brandonio, Aug 1, 13:25:46
      - Seriously, I reckon he was using the old Worthy smokescreen tactic. It wasn't Iran, (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Aug 1, 13:24:53
        
        Bush calls it the Axis of Evil (General Chat) - pants, Aug 1, 13:33:18
    - What do they gain out of this economically ? (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Aug 1, 13:09:02
      - sale in arms I guess? (n/m) (General Chat) - Brandonio, Aug 1, 13:13:11
        
        Not much though. I swear they are teeing up Syria, and when I say they (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Aug 1, 13:21:20
        
        US military aid runs at over $2bn a year. Israel has a military budget nearing 10bn (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Aug 1, 13:49:36
    - Religion is the route of most evils. Why do people have to live in a fantasy world of... (General Chat) - Norfolk Coast, Aug 1, 13:08:56
      - I hope you are a wind-up (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Aug 1, 13:10:23
        
        no (n/m) (General Chat) - Norfolk Coast, Aug 1, 13:22:16
        
        he is talking the truth... christ I am lucky I wasnt brought up in the arab world (General Chat) - phrankin, Aug 1, 13:13:49
        
        Isn't it on a same scale (General Chat) - pants, Aug 1, 14:16:48
- I agree 100% with that. (n/m) (General Chat) - Norfolk Coast, Aug 1, 12:58:39
- Re: Israel daily has to fight for it's very existence (General Chat) - InTheAbsenceOfAHorse, Aug 1, 12:55:41
  - And one of them doesn't fucking belong there (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Aug 1, 13:08:10
  - I agree with that. (General Chat) - earlydoors, Aug 1, 13:01:24
  - A bit like the US has more fire power than anyone and enjoys using whenever (General Chat) - pants, Aug 1, 13:00:23

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