Foreign aid to Israel is defense spending

From Forbes...

The United States offered Israel on Thursday an unprecedented $30 billion military aid package, bolstering its closest Mideast ally.

The aid deal represents a 25 percent rise in U.S. military aid to Israel, from a current $2.4 billion each year to $3 billion a year over 10 years.

Nicholas Burns, the U.S. undersecretary of state for political affairs, and Israeli Foreign Minister Director-General Aharon Abramovitz signed the memorandum of understanding on the assistance at a ceremony in Jerusalem....

The United States and Israel accuse Iran of developing nuclear bombs, a charge Tehran denies. Iran, whose leader has repeatedly called for Israel to be to wiped off the map, is viewed by Israel as its main enemy. Shiite Muslim Iran also concerns the Saudis and other Sunni-led Arab allies of the United States.

In 1981, when Saddam Hussein boasted of developing nuclear weapons, Israel destroyed the Osirak reactor 18 miles south of Baghdad. Middle East radicals target Israel first, therefore an armed Israel provides security for the US, since Israel hold these radicals at bay.

Iran is now boasting of having a nuclear bomb.

The world has been waiting for Israel to do something. We just made it a little easier.

Posted by Danny Carlton at August 16, 2007 7:30 AM