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Yet....he IS singling out Israel.

Naming them now suggests he has no clue just how much the US benefits from their arrangement with Israel.

We inserted ourselves into their economy, taking the place of France, Czech, Great Britain and a couple other countries. In turn we pull purse strings, dictate how they spend their money (mandatory US contracts), and get to control who they sell their technology to. Our recent deal with Indian hinged in part on finally allowing the Israelis to sell their tanks to them. That’s but one example.

Stop aid to Israel, and you’ll find the US loses all influence in the region, unless you count Saudi Arabia...and we know how that goes.

[newzjunkey]

We inserted ourselves into their economy, taking the place of France, Czech, Great Britain and a couple other countries. In turn we pull purse strings, dictate how they spend their money (mandatory US contracts), and get to control who they sell their technology to. Our recent deal with Indian hinged in part on finally allowing the Israelis to sell their tanks to them. That’s but one example.

You speak as if we should be inserting ourselves into foreign economies, pulling purse strings and dictating how other allegedly sovereign nations spend their money. Isn't that what empires do?