[MeanWestTexan]

Investing in Israeli military is like investing in forward-placed US military.

And, no, Israel doesn’t get the most aid. When you count direct military spending, Europe, Japan, and Korea all get a much more money.

The only difference is the Israelis supply their own lives and blood.

[Hugin]

“Investing in Israeli military is like investing in forward-placed US military.”

Except they never have helped us in our wars over there. I understand the reasons why they can’t for political reasons having to do with our Arab “allies”, but they aren’t there to help us out. It’s a far cry from being “forward-placed US military”.

[Paul R.]

Israel is also spending over 5.8% of its GDP on defense, and is headed to 6% which is really a lot for a country not (or at least not yet) pulling in big time petro $$.

[cowboyusa]

End ALL foreign aid.