We send money to the taxpaying innercity and it's called a waste. We send money to the source of ALL western wealth(africa) and it's considered a waste. We send a disproportionate amount to israel, which is home to only a few people and is part of an endless cycle of terror and that's justification to send more- We should offer them state hood after we force a joint israeli-palestinian government and everyone that opposes that, is an obstacle to peace. Aid to israel is the biggest waste of resources on planet earth. It has caused 100 holocaust and prevented any incentive for israel to be fair with its neighbors nevermind breeding unyielding resentment. It doesn't even work for israel to be a jumping off point for america to undermine africa and the middle-east because they attack israel in retaliation. How much hardship does israel suffer due to this unholy relationship- The aid isn't working, the occupation isn't working. If it were Nigeria or Detroit the $ would have dried up I can't tell by the pre-scripted answers that most people trained in this group-think only check for one perspective and that's the problem. If only ALL THE DOZENS OF AFRICAN NATIONS would act good. And surely israel would do the right thing if all the lowly arabs would recognize its superiority and right to occupy it. Oh and who is playing the race card now---lol. Yep it's a PROVEN FACT every leader ever in africa is corrupt(unlike israel or the united states-) It is most people in these countries who think of it as a dependent. No one seems to be unaware that africa is not a single country, that the inner city are in different states and that israeli politics are not monolithic. Everyone in israel does not agree with the relationship with the u.s. or about palestine. I hate that white's and jews consider there side of the story to be the full story. Before making the statement I was aware of YOUR NARROW PERSPECTIVE plus the perspective of others, which I am attempted to show
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Typical American thinking. You think everything belongs to you.
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Israel is our ally! thats what all the congress men say many members of congress give to israel. if they did it i'm pretty sure there are good reasons why they did it..more than 100 congress men give to israel..can they be wrong?
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Yeah I agree with the previous post though I am sure we do not agree. The poster wants to play American aid to Israel off against aid we should be sending toe Africa so it appears that the poster is a racist or thinks only in terms of race. The US sends incredible amounts of aid to Africa and most of it ends up in the pockets of corrupt govenments and that is a proven fact. Africa nor the Middle East belongs to the US and every attempt to make peace fails because of problems in the area. I think if Arab states would have recognized it as a state years ago, they would have had so many commercial relationships by now that Israel would be dependent on her neighbors instead of the rest of the world. Israel is far from a welfare state and has a pretty healthy GNP though it has to devote so much to defense. Israel has a lot of technology and expertise to share with neighbors but not while at war and under the threat of destruction. Palestinians were, at one time, one of the most intelligent, educated groups in the world but finally attaining some form of autonomy failed because terrorists within the PLO wanted to remain terrorists and not statesmen. Your posting seem to mimic some of the anti Israel statements that come from the Middle East and perhaps you are Middle Eastern. Israel would have disappeared as a threat if they had been recognized as a state years ago. Hatred rules in the MIddle East and people think that God wants them to kill people so its hopeless. Palestinians with any sense have abandoned this years ago and fled to other nations where they can raise families and send them to school without someone killing them.
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This is a misguided question based on a distorted sense of what the REAL issues are in Israel.
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You clearly have no understanding of Israel whatsoever. Israel is a tiny country, smaller than Wales, and she is surrounded by huge, wealthy, hostile Arab neighbours. Israel battles the SAME terrorists as the rest of the free world - the same groups that destroyed the twin towers in New York and who put bombs on London tube trains and buses. America sends money to many countries, and yes, one of them is Israel. In return, America has a genuine ally and remember, Israel is the only democracy in the entire Middle East. Israel also gives America a lot of intelligence info, which is vital as Israel is, alas out of necessity, the most experienced nation in terms of dealing with Islamic terrorism. America also gives a lot of money to Germany - apparently this doesn't bother you, though...?
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Hmmm... Talk about group think. The only thing that distinguishes your tripe from others that have said the exact same thing is that you are slightly more rambling. Oh well. To address some of your "points". - It is not true that the "source of ALL western wealth" is Africa. To be quite frank, I'm not even sure what you mean since you fail to clarify what you mean by "wealth". - Although Israel receives a substantial amount of money from the US, it hardly makes up even a small fraction of Israel's total "wealth". Thus, it is hardly a "welfare state". - And Egypt is the second largest beneficiary of US foreign aid. I have yet to see people like you even to bother address that issue. Because, whatever problem you have with aid to Israel you can apply to Egypt. Yet you don't bother to address it. It seems to me that you don't really care about foreign aid and where it goes, you just use it as a poor excuse to bash Israel. - Also, your advocating of "forcing" a joint state is highly disturbing and it is laughable that such a thing can even work.
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it is painfully obvious that not many people care to hear your rambling babble. So with that I say, "go back to your ghetto".
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you bet ye.
