2006-08-21 12:58:04 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Not as uncomfortable as when we sold weapons to Iraq all those years ago. Then we bombed them then rebuilt them in the 90's. Now the cycle has been continued today.
That is scary.
2006-08-21 13:04:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Israel is the only ally of the USA in the middle east which will not desert you and is a democracy. Doesn't bother you that the gas Iraq used on the Kurds and the bombs and shells used on the marsh Arabs were supplied for free to Saddam because he was supplying oil to the powers be. George Shultz, Secretary of State, praised Saddam "as a model for leadership in the region"just weeks before he invaded Kuwait. Western governments stood silent while their citizens where imprisoned for bombings by the Saudi's because the Saudi's didn't want to admit that they had terrorists who were citizens of Saudi Arabia.
Wake up,what would you do or demand of your government if someone had sworn to die in the effort to eliminate you,your family, your friends and your country? Oh, thats right someone has. Your country isn't about the size of Maine and surrounded by those enemies who have made that oath and already most of your citizens are going insane. Israel is and has been fighting for it's life.What they get they need and their past conduct shows they deserve.
2006-08-22 00:46:09 · answer #2 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Two questions here. "give for free" and "to israel". First answer: We (the U.S. taxpayer) give Israel around $3 Billion/year in foreign aid, but they have to spend it in the USA. So it's free, but then again it's not. Second answer: Iran and Syria give weapons to Hezbollah and Hamas to use against Israel. Is that better or worse? It's been said that if the Arabs were to destroy their weapons, that there would be peace. If Israel were to do the same, there'd be another Holocaust.
2006-08-21 23:18:56 · answer #3 · answered by Dick B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Israel pays billions of dollars for our weapons. Sorry, no free ride for Israel.
2006-08-21 20:28:12 · answer #4 · answered by kartouche 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Israel is worth its weight in gold to US interests, and is worth every penny.
Talk a look at the article below, and see what an asset they truly are.
http://www.factsandlogic.org/ad_99.html
2006-08-21 20:27:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Free? Where did you hear that bowl of s*%t. I work for a small defense contractor and I know for sure they pay for their weapons and they pay well.
2006-08-21 20:06:15 · answer #6 · answered by snuffaluffagus_2001 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
it makes me very much more uncomfortable that iran gives missles to syria and hezbollah for free.
2006-08-21 20:12:31 · answer #7 · answered by bushfan88 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes, especially now that Bush wants me to pay for the damage done to Lebanon.
2006-08-21 20:18:06 · answer #8 · answered by Dean B 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Nope... not one bit. Actually I wish that we would help them more. BTW: why do you hate the Jews so much?
2006-08-21 20:26:23 · answer #9 · answered by lordkelvin 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Would you rather they line the pockets of criminal arms
dealers?
2006-08-21 20:04:13 · answer #10 · answered by Tegghiaio Aldobrandi 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋