Chase Madar raises the issue of the value to us of the amount of military aid we give Israel; it's now over $3 billion, the top amount to any nation. In fact, we are paying for one-fourth of Israel's defense budget. Yet, we have been unable to prevent Israel from committing some heinous actions and, despite such actions, no one wants to even talk about our aid to Israel.
Madar believes that our military aid to Israel is not just an impediment to lasting peace, but also a strategic and security liability. Petraeus and his successor, General James Mattis, told the Senate Armed Services Committee. Mattis was specific,“I paid a military security price every day as a commander of CENTCOM because the Americans were seen as biased in support of Israel, and that [alienates] all the moderate Arabs who want to be with us because they can’t come out publicly in support of people who don’t show respect for the Arab Palestinians.”
And, it has been reported that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, mastermind of 9/11, was motivated to attack us in large part because of Washington’s leading role in assisting Israel’s repeated invasions of Lebanon and the ongoing dispossession of Palestinians.
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