when my computer batt connector situation is fixed and I'm not frying my new batt will look into that. Nicaraguan and Costa Rican electrical infrastructure has wreaked havoc on my battery... easy info most desirable
galrads: .... Pardone.... the Israeli port of Haifa is the main port of call in the eastern Mediterranean for the United States Sixth Fleet, and Israel provides other logistical and maintenance support for U.S. forces in the region. nothing comes free in the middle east, and we need to pay Israel rent for this dock space.
A port of call is not a base. It's a port where ships stop for fuel and water and a few supplies and to let the crew have a few days of liberty.
Of course dock facilities have to be paid for. But that's true for any port of call anywhere in the world and no other country is getting millions of dollars per day, year after year. It's ridiculous and deceptive to try to claim that Israel is somehow earning the massive aid it is given by the US.
It's all about corruption and bribery. US politicians should be tried for treason and duly executed. And Israel should be forced to pay back everything it has swindled from US taxpayers.
RayfromUSA: A port of call is not a base. It's a port where ships stop for fuel and water and a few supplies and to let the crew have a few days of liberty.
Of course dock facilities have to be paid for. But that's true for any port of call anywhere in the world and no other country is getting millions of dollars per day, year after year. It's ridiculous and deceptive to try to claim that Israel is somehow earning the massive aid it is given by the US.
It's all about corruption and bribery. US politicians should be tried for treason and duly executed. And Israel should be forced to pay back everything it has swindled from US taxpayers.
I agree about the politicians, but Israel is the only friendly major port providing sufficient port facilities in that neck of the woods. I tell you what though, the night life in Tel Aviv-Jaffa is pretty wild after they finish with the prayer thing.
Israel is the only democracy that will ever be in the middle east . No matter what else is going on the jews change their government by ballot rather than bullet . Once the oil does run out ,and it will eventually will , the seemingly stable arab countrie's leaders will have no money to through at their dissident groups to keep them quiet . The fun will really start . Having a place to tie up boats might be handy . Besides what you worried about , US just prints the money and Israel buys lots of planes and things
Conrad73: you've got to be kidding! Invading Israel! Hope you send those Invaders enough Bodybags! They will need them! So,you really think Israel is a Pushover? Ray,Ray,Ray!
Why yes, I do Conrad. When the time comes the whole battle will be over in a day.
After all Israel is a dangerous rogue nuclear state. So I would expect a preemptive missile strike hitting all important military targets with tactical nukes.
After that the actual invasion will just be mopping up.
epirb: Israel is the only democracy that will ever be in the middle east.
A democracy that denies the indigenous people of the land the right to vote but gives that right to newly arrived foreigners from other countries on the basis of their religious ethnic background is not a democracy at all.
RayfromUSA: A democracy that denies the indigenous people of the land the right to vote but gives that right to newly arrived foreigners from other countries on the basis of their religious ethnic background is not a democracy at all.
They need to start playing major league baseball in the Middle East. Then we could have a real World Series among the USA, Japan and them.
What you mean there Ray , Israeli arabs vote ,even have arab MK's . A few are being looked at for promoting trouble . Don't you think Jews come from that place and were chased out in earlier times . I seem to be detecting there is a statute of limitations on being chased out from some where . Seems to me Jews are not aloud right of return but arabs should be . Damn, this could be because one's Islamic and the other is Jewish . Now ani't that right Ray
well, if that is true, nothing is for nothing, they are doing it for a reason. maybe so that Israel helps them with their plans. they are obviously investing in Israel for some reason, maybe its got to do with control of the other states/countries, for its own safety, or even for their resources. who knows.
If i was an american i would be against giving such money to any country.Israel has own economy which does very well.so why USA still giving money to Israel when there so many starving countries out there.
Leo_7: If i was an american i would be against giving such money to any country.Israel has own economy which does very well.so why USA still giving money to Israel when there so many starving countries out there.
ok i feel like a fool by asking this question.Everybody knows the answer.Its a part of USA's foreign plans.
RayfromUSA: This is especially for Americans but anybody can vote or comment.
The US has spent more on supporting Israel than for the 50 poorest countries on earth. Why?
Could it be the powerful Jewish lobby and its blatant bribery of US lawmakers?
Or is it that the US people just loooooove Israel and recognize them as God's gift to humanity, no matter how many atrocities they commit against the indigenous people of Palestine, and no matter how many times they attack the US and try to blame it on innocents.
I dont think calling any state a parasite is right.
a while back Israel built a nice tank , Merkava , they were building a nice fighter plane as well that at the time was going to be quicker than US's . Uncle Sam was not keen on that idea . So now we have Israel only to happy to buy US gear with US money .
We give so much foriegn aid to people, who do not treat us like friends, we are just stupid, you cannot buy friends.
They can build a faster jet, but we pay them not to?
If they're our friend's, why don't thy make us a few jets for some of the money we give them?
We support their freedom of religon, they put Christians in jail for preaching.
We are so broke, many of our young men need to join the military (to feed their families), and fight all of Israel's enemies... at the same time, we cut aid to the people who give the banks money, and provide children to die in far away countries for corporate profits, have banks stealing their homes, while they are in the desert, many years after nobody found even one WMD.
We definitly need to let our "friend's" support themselves; and take some of the millions of our American homeless people, who lost their jobs, beginning in the 80's with the $98 billion S&L bailout... to third world countries, and their homes to the same banks we just gave billions of dollars to, again...
Let's get our homless off of the streets, and feed our own children, and pay our teachers, and take care of the schools that our children attend, without doubling the interest on student loans....
Why would anybody be willing to keep education out of reach for our children?
If we cannot afford to help our children go to college, and Social Security Insurance, needs to be cut to the people who paid for insurance.... we cannot afford to buy anybody a tank.
I can see how it must look , paying Israel not to build their own planes . Would have seemed a good idea at the time because US had spent abit in Viet Nam . Having Israel with a zippy little interceptor could leave US feeling , well, anxious , not to mention the USSR . Imagine if one fell into the soviet hands or a whole boatload was sold to them . No having the Jews paid to bye planes keeps everybody happy .
Must look like that , Israel was only to happy to build their own planes , as they did with the tank . Us was not to happy about it and you can bet the Russians were not either . I could imagine somebody saying , here have our planes we will give you the money to help you pay for them . Not so kosher put the way you put it Leo
You give over 4 million a day to Egypt. I guess the Egyptians must have their own global conspiracy too.
Or maybe the real point is not about Israel, but of taxing domestic industry, small businesses and workers to make life easier for international finance and multi-national corporations that rely on unfettered global trade and the bribery and corruption of nations.
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if I do, will I find George is behind the mother of all conspiracies?
twisting, winding, betrayals, deceits, double triple quadruple agent spying nation destroying freaks....
buncha war mongers
Conrad, throw a few more keywords my way, my computer battery gets too hot and stops juicing, so it isn't like I have time on my side....