Falsely decried as an “anti-Israel” administration, the Obama White House is signaling that it is open to providing Israel with an unprecedented amount of support both in terms of financing and military assistance. If the reports coming out of Israeli media are true, the new agreement with Israel would be the largest amount of aid provided to any country in U.S. history.
After 83 US senators send a letter to the White House, urging President Obama to sign a military aid deal with Israel, White House official says, ‘We are prepared to sign an MOU with Israel that would constitute largest single military pledge’ in US history.
The United States plans to offer Israel the largest military assistance package in US history, according to an Obama administration official.
“We are prepared to sign an MOU (memorandum of understanding) with Israel that would constitute the largest single pledge of military assistance to any country in US history,” a White House official told Reuters.
The statement came hours after 83 US senators sent a letter to President Obama, urging him to reach a military assistance deal with Israel.
“In light of Israel’s dramatically rising defense challenges, we stand ready to support a substantially enhanced new long-term agreement to help provide Israel the resources it requires to defend itself and preserve its qualitative military edge,” said the letter.
The US and Israel have been engaged in intense negotiations in recent months to outline US military aid to Israel for the next 10 years.
Israel is demanding $40 billion over the next ten years, a sizeable jump from the $30 billion over 10 years given to Israel over the past decade.
The tentative agreement is yet one more example of the falsity of the left-right paradigm that sees the “right” accuse the false “left” of being “weak on terror,” “weak on Iran,” and “anti-Israel” all while the false “left” is actually launching wars across the world, bullying Iran into accepting a deal it should by no means have to accept, and giving Israel the largest amount of assistance in U.S. history.
#1: sneakypete To: Deckard (#0)
The US MUST get rid of one of the biggest Welfare Children we took to raise,the NATION of Israel.
sneakypete posted on 2016-05-03 09:13:38 Reply Private Reply
#2: paraclete To: Deckard (#0)
paraclete posted on 2016-05-03 09:21:51 Reply Private Reply
#3: misterwhite To: Deckard (#0)
misterwhite posted on 2016-05-03 10:09:37 Reply Private Reply
#4: Stoner To: sneakypete (#1)
I suspect that all foreign aid is full of kickbacks. It is an excellent way to make deposits into Swiss bank accounts. Otherwise there is no reason for the Pres & Congress critters to advocate for same. Besides, they don't get to be multi millionaires on their salaries, and living frugally.
Stoner posted on 2016-05-03 11:32:18 Reply Private Reply
#5: sneakypete To: paraclete (#2)
How about back to the American taxpayer,including the seniors that spend 50+ years working and paying into the SS "Trust Fund",which our politicians filled full of IOU's while using the money they stole for foreign aid and to buy votes?
sneakypete posted on 2016-05-03 13:58:59 Reply Private Reply
#6: sneakypete To: misterwhite (#3)
It has been reliably reported that he DOES like Obama,so my best guess is a nice chunk of it is going to be coming back in his direction.
sneakypete posted on 2016-05-03 14:00:56 Reply Private Reply
#7: paraclete To: sneakypete (#6)
money is made round to go 'round
paraclete posted on 2016-05-03 18:46:43 Reply Private Reply