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Originally Posted by blankall
Also to comment on aid to Israel.
The US gives Israel about 2.5 billion in aid a year. About 2.3 billion of this is milatary aid. A large portion of this military aid is used by the Israeli government to purchase weapons from the US. So in many cases it's more of a discount/coupon than pure aid.
Israel is also one of the only countries on the Earth that has ever gone to war for the US. In the 1950s they went to war with Egypt at the request of the US.
Israel is also one of the only countries that regularly supplies the US with military technologies. Much of the US's current intelligence and counter-terrorism technology were supplied by Israel.
The US also annually gives 500 million to Jordan, 500 million to the Palestinians, 2 billion to Egypt and close to 20 billion to Iraq. Israel is not the only country in the world to receive aid from the US.
The idea that the US is supplying Israel with extreme amounts of money unfairly and without anything in return is just BS. The US receives much in return from Israel, and the US also supplies large amounts of money to other countries in the region.
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And $2.5 billion is nothing to the US.