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| Rand Paul calls for gradual cut in aid to Israel |
| 2013-01-08 |
| JERUSALEM - In his first visit to Israel, U.S. Sen. Rand Paul is calling for a gradual reduction of American foreign aid. It’s an unlikely place to deliver the message, since Israel is among the largest recipients of American assistance. But Paul said in a Monday meeting with reporters that the U.S. can’t afford to keep sending money overseas, even to allies like Israel. He says it would be “harder to be a friend of Israel if we are out of money.” The Kentucky Republican, a longtime opponent of foreign aid, acknowledges he’s expressing a “minority opinion” and doubts Congress will cut aid. He insists Washington should first cut aid to countries with strained ties to America, such as Pakistan and Egypt. Israel gets about $3 billion a year in military aid. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #7 Sounds good to me, MAKE him hurt as much as he's made us. Shortly the HURTS will end. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2013-01-08 11:58 |
| #6 $3 billion/year? We spend almost that much on Obama per year. Cut aid to Obama--fewer golf games in Hawaii and fewer perks. No more expensive trips for FLOTUS, don't take the kid to Mexico for a trip, cut the pay of the dog handler--it is about #102,000/year. Let the kids take care of the dog. It is good training for them. Obama can use Camp David more--it is closer to D.C. Pull the kids out of Sidwell and send them to public school. Obama has said how much he thinks of public schools in public statements. I'll bet we can get that $2 billion down to a range of 1/2-1 bn. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2013-01-08 09:15 |
| #5 Washington should first cut aid to countries with strained ties to America, such as Pakistan and Egypt..... Kaliphornia, New and Old Mexico. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-01-08 07:16 |
| #4 some of the military aid to Israel is probably wasteful however, a lot of it results in real time, real target, tests of weapon systems, both defensive and offensive, which could not be done anywhere else and which is of enormous benefit to the US DOD |
| Posted by: lord garth 2013-01-08 07:11 |
| #3 IOW, the US can no longer come to Israel's defense because it can no longer economically afford it. THIS HAS GOT "MUNICH CONFERENCE IN EAST ASIA" WRITTEN ALL OVER IT, VEE THE US-VS-RISING-CHINA. Another reason why the China-vs-Japan brouhaha over the Senkakus/Daoyus may NOT end well for Amerikka. GOOD FOR ANTI-US GLOBALISTS + ANTI-US OWG + ANTI-US OWG NAU - ORDINARY AMERICANS + TRADTIONAL NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY, NOT SO MUCH. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-01-08 01:53 |
| #2 Him & Bibi. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-01-08 01:49 |
| #1 Tie it to a TOTAL aid reduction to Saudi, that'll stop it. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2013-01-08 00:58 |