Reply #40: Israel is not the biggest recipient of aid in reality. Not by a long shot.

[Dick Dastardly]

There are many different forms and types of aid other than what we give Israel, and what we give Israel is a drop in the ocean compared to what many others get. We constantly hear whining from the anti Israel crowd about the military aid given to Israel but little on the aid to Egypt which is almost as much. We hear nothing from them about other countries like S. Korea and Japan who have cost us 15 billion to as much as 45 billion a year for each of them or Europe who has cost us at times as much as 150 billion a year(not including WW2 or The Marshall Plan).This is besides the fact that American blood was risked, is risked and or has been spilled for defending and fighting for Europe, Japan, S Korea and others but Israel has fought and fights its own wars/battles and never had American troops risking themselves or fighting for it. Despite the fact that these and other allies/countries cost us much much more, only Israel is constantly whined about ad nauseum with scarcely a mention about anyone else. Why is it only with Israel that some(not directed at you) insinuate some nefarious influence occuring because of the support and money we give them but not with others who get much more?
Why is Israel singled out exclusivly for all this and more? Something doesnt add up, why?



On a side note
Aside from most of the aid coming back to the US as mentioned, we have received many benefits over the years from our relationship with Israel. Israel sent a commando team and captured the latest Soviet air defense system technology and sent it to us.They arranged for a Arab pilot to defect an fly the latest Soviet MIG to Israel. This MIG was a guarded Soviet secret that no one in the west had seen up close let alone posses one to study. There were many such ops.
We also use their Port in Haifa for our Naval ships to base out of. Having such a modern safe strategically located naval port to use as a base is an invaluable asset. We have various bases in Israel to store weapons for quick logistics if and when needed. We use them to test and report on the effectiveness of various weapons. We develop a wide variety of weapons with them. We also have used them to do things we didn't want our fingerprints on. There are many other benefits too numerous to list and contrary to the usual anti Israel propaganda full of omissions and double standards, they have been a great value and comparatively cheap.