green73
12-13-2013, 06:32 AM
With a budget crunch threatening programs across the board, almost every spending request that hits Congress gets only partially filled. Unless you’re talking Israel.
The US was already sending $3.1 billion in military aid to Israel for 2014, and President Obama requested another $96 million for anti-missile systems. Congress took that number and tripled it (http://www.jta.org/2013/12/12/news-opinion/united-states/house-energy-committee-approves-cooperation-bill#.UqnRSM9ahdg.twitter).
Buried in the National Defense Authorization Act for 2014, Congress pledged another $284 million in funding for Israel. A separate bill is also pushing the administration for more “reviews” of whether or not they’re giving sufficient aid to Israel, seeking a full review every two years.
Experts say that Israel’s much-vaunted missile defense systems likely don’t work (http://news.antiwar.com/2013/03/12/mit-israels-iron-dome-success-likely-a-myth/) nearly as well as the official figures claim, and the Israeli military defunded them outright as not cost effective, which is why the US started bankrolling the program instead.
http://news.antiwar.com/2013/12/12/in-budget-crunch-congress-still-triples-aid-request-for-israel/
The US was already sending $3.1 billion in military aid to Israel for 2014, and President Obama requested another $96 million for anti-missile systems. Congress took that number and tripled it (http://www.jta.org/2013/12/12/news-opinion/united-states/house-energy-committee-approves-cooperation-bill#.UqnRSM9ahdg.twitter).
Buried in the National Defense Authorization Act for 2014, Congress pledged another $284 million in funding for Israel. A separate bill is also pushing the administration for more “reviews” of whether or not they’re giving sufficient aid to Israel, seeking a full review every two years.
Experts say that Israel’s much-vaunted missile defense systems likely don’t work (http://news.antiwar.com/2013/03/12/mit-israels-iron-dome-success-likely-a-myth/) nearly as well as the official figures claim, and the Israeli military defunded them outright as not cost effective, which is why the US started bankrolling the program instead.
http://news.antiwar.com/2013/12/12/in-budget-crunch-congress-still-triples-aid-request-for-israel/