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Originally Posted by Mavdog
an easy benefit is the role of israel in the region as a force against our mutual adversaries. recall how israel took out iraq's nuclear weapons initiative in the mid 80s, recently against the syrians who were trying to get nuclear weaponry, not to mention the role of the israeli intelligence services in providing information.
a second benefit is the shared weapons systems, israel has developed the best anti-missle defense system in the world called arrow, and has also developed the world's most sophisticated drones.
the israeli business community also contributes, with leading pharmaceutical companies as well as computer software. trade between the usa and israel is over $26B/yr.
the israeli society is the only democracy in the area, all israeli citizens (both jewish or non-jewish inc. arabs) have the right to vote. this does provide a strong example of how other societies can progress themselves from where they are today into a freerer society.
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are you serious? only democratic society? and its cause the gov't was set up by US & Britian....as far as trade, we do 300 times more trade with other countries like China that does not GET ANY GRANTS from us.
and they are protecting us from Iraq in the 80's?????? does it look like we need their help? has iraq ever been a threat to us? Aren't we the ones who use to GIVE IRAQ THEIR WEAPONS IN THE 80's TO USE AGAINST IRAN???
i'm still waiting for a benefit worth over 1 trillion dollars, 220,000 arab lives, 12 thousands american lives