ALL. NO EXCEPTIONS.


http://jta.org/news/article/2011/01/27/2...ing-israel

I think the time has come where a lot of countries can fend for themselves without our help.....not sure if Israel is on of them.

Hope the UN is included.

I'm down for this.

(01-29-2011 08:49 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  I think the time has come where a lot of countries can fend for themselves without our help.....not sure if Israel is on of them.

They've done a pretty good job of it on their own. All while everyone is telling them that they're wrong for holding land that they have the right to own.

They've got nukes for goodness' sake, they can handle themselves.

Israel gets 1 billion in aid from the US. Egypt get penny for penny the same as spelled out in the peace accord.

The AIPAC goons would go crazy calling people anti-semites if this ever happened.

(01-30-2011 09:14 PM)aTxTIGER Wrote:  The AIPAC goons would go crazy calling people anti-semites if this ever happened.

Let them eat latkas.

(01-29-2011 11:09 PM)Rebel Wrote:  I'm down for this.

Damn Skippy.

(01-30-2011 09:03 PM)SumOfAllFears Wrote:  Israel gets 1 billion in aid from the US. Egypt get penny for penny the same as spelled out in the peace accord.

F both of them. I damn tired of financing their BS.

We in this world don't have a Jewish problem. We have a Muslim problem. Perhaps some we'll realize this. Israel is the freest country in the Middle East. Wanna turn your backs on an ally? Good thing we're not personal friends. I expect my friends to have my back.

(01-30-2011 10:25 PM)Rebel Wrote:  We in this world don't have a Jewish problem. We have a Muslim problem. Perhaps some we'll realize this. Israel is the freest country in the Middle East. Wanna turn your backs on an ally? Good thing we're not personal friends. I expect my friends to have my back.

There's a difference between having your back and making you car payments.

Without our help Israel would be no more. Sure, they seem strong now, but it's because our help. Without us, they'd be slaughtered. The simply do not have the numbers and all this bullsh1t about their presence being the reason for Haji outrage is just that, bullsh1t. If they cared so much about Jews being in "their" land, why the hell are they populating the hell out of ours? Not to mention, those cave-dwellers are new to the area, historically speaking.

I stand by Israel. You HONESTLY think pulling back to 1967 borders will appease the Muslims? How f'n naive can one get?

The world's governments and their populace would be decidedly less friendly to the USA. Mineral rights, corporate agreements, military staging, defense contracts etc; our aid buys is a fair amount of business and security in return.

This is not as simple as taking our ball and going home.

(01-30-2011 10:45 PM)Lord Stanley Wrote:  The world's governments and their populace would be decidedly less friendly to the USA. Mineral rights, corporate agreements, military staging, defense contracts etc; our aid buys is a fair amount of business and security in return.

This is not as simple as taking our ball and going home.

+1

(01-30-2011 10:45 PM)Lord Stanley Wrote:  The world's governments and their populace would be decidedly less friendly to the USA. Mineral rights, corporate agreements, military staging, defense contracts etc; our aid buys is a fair amount of business and security in return.

This is not as simple as taking our ball and going home.

Isolationaltarians don't understand that. Anything above 2+2 is tough for them.

F da world.

I don't think the business losses would be an issue if we had a government here willing to stimulate domestic industrial growth.

(01-30-2011 10:45 PM)Lord Stanley Wrote:  The world's governments and their populace would be decidedly less friendly to the USA. Mineral rights, corporate agreements, military staging, defense contracts etc; our aid buys is a fair amount of business and security in return.

This is not as simple as taking our ball and going home.

I find it deeply amusing when "TEAM AMERICAAAAAA F*** YEA!" Republicans use that line of thinking.

The same people who are so hawkish that they would call someone a traitor liberal isolationist p*ssy if they don't turn a country into a thermonuclear wasteland because somebody in a turban farted while their butt was pointed west .... are the same people who are scared shitless of what might happen if we stop bribing people.

If you have bribe somebody, by stealing from your fellow countrymen (where do you think the $$$ comes from??), then perhaps not only YOU have a problem, but you shouldn't be associating with those jagoffs anymore anyway.

Raise your hand if you're gullible enough to think that our foreign aid in any way buys us serious allies, serious long term military supporters, or even has a 1 to 1 return on investment. Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

(01-31-2011 12:32 AM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  

(01-30-2011 10:45 PM)Lord Stanley Wrote:  The world's governments and their populace would be decidedly less friendly to the USA. Mineral rights, corporate agreements, military staging, defense contracts etc; our aid buys is a fair amount of business and security in return.

This is not as simple as taking our ball and going home.

I find it deeply amusing when "TEAM AMERICAAAAAA F*** YEA!" Republicans use that line of thinking.

The same people who are so hawkish that they would call someone a traitor liberal isolationist p*ssy if they don't turn a country into a thermonuclear wasteland because somebody in a turban farted while their butt was pointed west .... are the same people who are scared shitless of what might happen if we stop bribing people.

If you have bribe somebody, by stealing from your fellow countrymen (where do you think the $$$ comes from??), then perhaps not only YOU have a problem, but you shouldn't be associating with those jagoffs anymore anyway.

Raise your hand if you're gullible enough to think that our foreign aid in any way buys us serious allies, serious long term military supporters, or even has a 1 to 1 return on investment. Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

We bought 30 years of peace between the Israelis and Egyptians. Foreign aid to former Soviet Republics in Central Asia has given our oil companies access to compete for their resources. Same goes for several African Nations including Nigeria. I would say that those "bribes" have paid off well.