LIB,MR BEARS said:The_barBEARian said:FLBear5630 said:sombear said:Zealot?The_barBEARian said:sombear said:The_barBEARian said:sombear said:
There are SE365 posters who could share great detail on our military relationship with Israel although most of it would be classified.
But suffice to say, we work more closely with them and rely on them far more than most ever know.
We use Israeli weapons and equipment.
We jointly develop weapons and equipment.
We share intel, and Israeli intel is second to none.
And for those who think this all is some kind of conspiracy, almost all of this goes back to the cold war. Russia supported the Arab countries. Our direct support of Israel was deliberated over many years.
As for why Israel doesn't send soldiers to fight along U.S. soldiers? Again, nothing sinister. Mostly, we do not want them directly fighting by our side. We risk losing what little Arab support we typically have. Reason 2, because Israel is surrounded by countries who want to destroy it, Israel has always taken the position that it fights only in defense. All of this could change in the future as we (and Israel) cultivate better relationships with the Arab countries.
Spying? Breaking news . . . friends have always spied on each other.
Israel is a tremendous ally.
I imagine a lot of those posters have benefitted quite a bit financially from our parasitic relationship with Israel so I'm not sure their testimony would be all that helpful. There is a very thin line between former military and defense contractor. The Military Industrial Complex is pretty incestuous like that.
Yes, I understand we completely cover the bill on all military development, hence why our defense budget is about to hit $1 trillion annual despite the fact they can't pass an audit showing where all the money goes, and after we pay 100% of the cost, Israel gets to use these systems and sell them to the Chinese for a profit.... how does this benefit American tax payers though?
***Edit*** Forgot to add that we co-development military projects with countries like the UK and Australia and they pay their fair share... so why cant Israel when I am told they are the real world Wakanda by all the Boomers?
Israeli intel is second to none? I guess that explains why Satanyahu thought 9/11 said was the greatest day in Israeli history.
The one time we needed intel from Israel they lied to us and got us into the Iraq War! Israel is so helpful!
We support Israel because of the cold war.... the cold war ended 30 years ago and ohh btw, they were killing American servicemen during the cold war.
Why doesnt Israel fight in our battles? Well nothing sinister... we exist to serve Israel. Their safety and priorities will always come before America and that is why we are required to fight their wars.... brilliant response!
Israel has always taken the position it fights only in self-defense.... well we can take that off the table after the last 48 hrs. This no longer applies.
Breaking news! Spying, stealing, and lying are usually not great qualities to look for when choosing allies..... do you let your wife go through all your work emails while shes sleeping with your best friend too?
Israel is a terrible ally and nothing you said says otherwise.
Israel pays hundreds of billions for U.S. weapons.
No, Israel pays its share for joint development.
If these are true why do we give them free tax payer money every year? Why did we give them $35 billion last year when we are over $30 trillion in debt? The Israeli slush fund is set to expire in 2028... will they re-authorize or come up with a new slush fund offering even more tribute to our masters?
On the Cold War, there are all kinds of crazy conspiracies on why we started supporting Israel. But it's actually very simple. That was my point.
I dont really have anything to contribute here other than American nuclear weapons research was passed to the Soviets by.... Jews....
The Rosenberg Trial
Again, allies spy on allies.
LOL no. Allies dont infiltrate each others governments and subvert and manipulate them.
I think we just have a fundamental disagreement on the definition of the word "ally"
Virtually every country in the world thought Iraq had WMDs. Hussein's own generals thought they had them.
Israel has directly helped us prevent numerous terrorist attacks.
Israel has helped us immensely with.anti-hacking and other tech warfare programs.
We still decline Israel troop support, and Israel still fights in defense.
It sounds nice to make all these claims... but where is the beef?
As is typical with IDF propaganda, it's all smoke and mirrors and no substance.
I get. You are a zealot like most on this board... but I appreciate you are at least civilized and have the intellectual capability to not resort to ad hominin's.
Definitely not. Just believe Israel is a strong ally and don't believe the Jewish conspiracy garbage.
What do the Rosenbergs have to do with U.S./Israeli relations? They were born in the U.S. and had nothing to do with Israel
BTW the vast majority of convicted U.S. spies have been Christian.
There are issues we surely can reasonably debate. But if you do not think we spy on every last one of our allies (and vice versa) I really don't know what to tell you.
Israel is the US strongest Ally in the most dangerous area of the world. Israel is extremely active in terror prevention and weapons development.
Attached are articles on the weapons systems that working with Israel the US has developed. Just background, may or may not sway. Or, if you are like many on the Board and want to get into source arguements or argue minutia without talking the larger point. Your call.
About 15% of our aid comes back in weapons purchases, this represents 80% of the IDF military purchases (My view, not from Israel not trying, just scale thing.).
Bottomline that in a dangerous world we have about 5 allies that put out the effort- Israel, UK, Australia, S Korea and Japan. That's it. Poland is moving up the list, in my view.
Is it worth all the aid? I think so, just like the aid to S Korea, Japan, Aussie and Poland. We need these guys.
How Israeli Military Technology Continues to Improve the US Military | INSS
Israel's Intelligence Contribution to US Security: The Cold War Years
Why Does the US Support Israel? What You Must Know
We dont send any aid to these countries.
They are real allies and not welfare brats.
More than 127 billion to SK
69.5 billion to the UK
74 billion to Australia
Source?