Reply #15: No Military Aid to the Middle East, period. [View All]

[Tom Joad]

I should have said all military aid to all nations. That is just common sense, unless you happen to be in the arms business.

Israel should also not receive any economic aid, not only because it is in violation of international treaties and laws. Not the least of which is the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Israel is the center of Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Middle East, and is the most likely to use them, We have a hero, Mordechai Vanunu to thank for informing us just how many. By the way, providing military

Another reason is that Israel should not receive economic aid is that it it is not a poor state. I would favor more aid to say... Wisconsin. Why Israel needs more economic aid than all of Sub-Saharan Africa is a mystery to me.

The Arab Dictatorships are there because they do no more than lip-service for the Palestinians, and that's on their good days, mostly not even that. A real Arab democracy would not be in the interests of the current Israeli State, or the elite of the United States.