How do US taxpayers like footing the bill for the World's 3rd most powerful Military?

Question

Yes, that's right the US tax payer has paid for the Israeli Military (Israel gets far more US aid than any other country - about 80 percent of it in fact and 90 percent of that is tanks, f16s, bulldozers etc.).

How does it feel?

In fact, considering that the US have no real military rivals how do you feel about all of your tax dollars being pumped into your own army? Couldn't it be spent more usefully? They don't even give you free health care...

Try this one don't know how good it is you people might have to get off the net and read some books.

http://www.nationmaster.com/red/country/is-israel/mil-military&all=1

Here are some books for you: -

The U.S./Israeli "Strategic Relationship" and the Middle East "Peace Process" Before the 1990s

- Fateful Triangle: The United States, Israel and the Palestinians (1983; updated edition 1999), chs. 2, 3, 7 & 10.

- Powers and Prospects: Reflections on Human Nature and the Social Order (1996), ch. 6.

- World Orders Old and New (1994; updated edition 1996), ch. 3.

- Deterring Democracy (1991, expanded edition 1992), Afterword.

- Pirates and Emperors: International Terrorism in the Real World (1986, expanded edition 1995), ch. 1.

- Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic Societies (1989), appx. V.4.

- The Chomsky Reader (1987), "Rejectionism and Accomodation" (excerpted from Fateful Triangle, 1983/1999).

- Towards A New Cold War: Essays on the Current Crisis and How We Got There (1982), chs. 9 (1975) & 11 (1977).

- Peace in the Middle East? Reflections on Justice and Nationhood (1974), Introduction (1974) & chs. 1 (1969

Answer 1

So you are still on your anti-Israel kick?

Do you have a link for any of your claims?
1. 80 percent of US foreign aid goes to Israel - link please?
2. Israel has the third most power military - More powerful than Russia, China? Link please.
3. Bulldozers and other general construction equipment can only be used as military weapons - link please.
4. All of our tax dollars (every one of them) is used to support the US military - this seems like a contradiction of some of your earlier claims. Link please.

Do you have any?

Answer 2

I think that most American people are furious about paying for arms and weapons from their taxes. The government is still interested in stockpiling weaponery and probably has given aid to Israel in the hope that it will become a small copy of itself. Its colonialism as no weak country is going to refuse aid and willl inevitably loose its independance and dignity by following the lead of another- one that has a very corrupt government.

US government govern through a foggy looking glass of self delusion and detachment from reality.

Answer 3

I'm against it. If they can't provide for their own defense, I say tough. We give them enough money to provide healthcare to all their people. It's time for them to stand on their own.

They are not the World's 3rd most powerful Military.

Answer 4

I feel just peachy about it.

Fact is, out of America;s roughly 14 trillion dollar GDP, a much larger percentage should be dedicated to our military in general.

Answer 5

I don't have a problem with it. I'm all for helping Israel and I'm all for keeping our military top knotch! (and yes I'd like too see a link too)