(03-09-2019, 11:51 AM)mikesez Wrote:

(03-09-2019, 09:02 AM)B2hibry Wrote: Of course you would now move the goal posts to "per person." You would still be incorrect in your belief. The aid is in the form of grants to the government/military of Israel for security, not distributed to its people. A 10-year MOU was signed that runs from FY2019-FY2028 that includes: $38 billion in military aid ($33 billion in Foreign Military Financing grants plus $5 billion in missile defense appropriations). This is a bilateral agreement that also benefits the US. We share missle technologies, energy tech, we invest in their bonds, and we share military tech. They have contracted to purchase over 50 F-35s. Without giving too much detail...they are instrumental in allowing our partners to being able to operate in a Russian air defense zones freely, whether S-300 or S-400 systems.

The goalposts did not move. I had mentioned Israel's small population from the beginning. Afghanistan is the only country that gets more aid in total dollars. and Afghanistan has only been getting that kind of aid for 20 years. Israel has received it for 70 years.
the rest of your argument seems to be along the lines that Israel deserves this aid and that they do good things with the money. I wouldn't dispute that point actually. I'm just saying that you can't give them credit for their own prosperity when so much of their economy depends on aid from us, and always has. you wouldn't praise a 70 year old man who still gets an allowance from his father as being self-made.