mw13
You post to which I replied asked: “Then what do make of the approximately $233.7 BILLION in aid (adjusted for inflation) that the US has given Israel since the state was formed in 1948?”
I answered what I make of foreign aid, you then come back and say “you have not answered the specific question of which of these three factors you think would justify the “approximately $233.7 BILLION in aid (adjusted for inflation) that the US has given Israel since the state was formed in 1948”.
NICE TRY…….you did NOT ask that specific question, so how could I answer it.
I don’t have to justify the foreign aid given to Israel by the USA. We live in a representative democracy, and empower our elected members of Congress to make these decisions. They have to justify their actions or risk losing reelection.
Personally, I think it was money well spent for all three reasons.
Money to resettle refugees (food, clothing, shelter, education)
Money to build a political ally’s might in a region that hates the USA
Money to assuage guilt for not taking refugees from Europe when the USA could have done so in the 1930s and 40s.
I don’t mind the small amount of my tax dollars spent on foreign aid to Israel