[montag813]

I think that Rand Paul makes an important point -- if you want to talk about cutting foreign aid to Israel, then you need to talk about cutting all foreign aid to Israel's enemies as well. He's certainly right about that!

He certainly is. In fact even Netanyahu has advocated the end of Israel's $3 billion anual foreign aid, calling it "welfare" which allows Israel to divert defense dollars to social welfare spending he wants to ditch. But of course Egypt desperately needs the cash, and it is guaranteed to both sides out of the Camp David Accords of 1977.

[Christian_Capitalist]

In fact even Netanyahu has advocated the end of Israel's $3 billion anual foreign aid, calling it "welfare" which allows Israel to divert defense dollars to social welfare spending he wants to ditch. But of course Egypt desperately needs the cash, and it is guaranteed to both sides out of the Camp David Accords of 1977.

You're probably right, but good grief -- do we really need to continue subsidizing Jimmy Carter's promises to Egypt? Forever??

(Sigh). Rand Paul -- and you, and Bibi Netanyahu -- are right. It makes no sense to call Israel an ally while we are subsidizing her enemies (not to mention interfering in her domestic politics; does Israel try to tell us what housing we can build in Washington DC?). We need someone with the political willpower to take the Arabs off the welfare dole.