[Peace-discussion] did gpax or the gpus media respond to the outrage: "unprecedented 30 billion US taxpayer aid to israel"
henry duke
henryduke2004@yahoo.com
Tue, 18 Sep 2007 08:57:19 -0700
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Is there any accountability? The sixth year anniversary of US occupation of
Afghanistan is coming up.
Shouldn't we respond?
The dems and republicans talk a lot about iraq but this years official
budget report about the so called global war on terror showed that the
increase in US funding to Afghanistan was 3 fold higher than the increase to
Iraq.
And what the hay with 30 billion to Israel????
Let us move into a more accountable national green party peace action
committee, because not talking about Israel or Afghanistan is not gonna
allow any solution in Iraq.
Peace,
hd
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Israel, United States sign unprecedented $30 billion, 10-year military aid
deal
By: ARON HELLER - Associated Press
JERUSALEM -- 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 package was meant in part to offset U.S. plans to offer Saudi Arabia
advanced weapons and air systems that would greatly improve the Arab
country's air force. Israel has said it has no opposition to the U.S. aid to
Saudi Arabia.
Burns said regional threats to Israel -- Iran and the Hezbollah and Hamas
militant groups -- also threaten the United States.
"We look at this region and we see that a secure and strong Israel is in the
interest of the United States," Burns said.
The chief of Israel's central bank, Stanley Fischer, said the U.S. aid is of
"critical importance" to Israel, whose defense budget constitutes about 10
percent of its Gross Domestic Product.
The aid package to Israel was finalized in June in Washington between
President Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Olmert has said the
increase in military aid to Israel would guarantee its strategic
superiority, despite upgrades to Arab countries in the region.
The U.S. has long-standing commitments to Israel and to Egypt, which in 1979
became the first Arab state to make peace with Israel. Egypt currently gets
$1.3 billion a year in military assistance. At the same time, the U.S. is
seeking to strengthen other moderate Mideast allies, largely as a
counterweight to Iran's growing influence.
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.
The Bush administration must still receive congressional approval for the
aide deals, but Burns said he believed there would be little opposition in
the Senate and House
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there any accountability? The sixth year anniversary of =
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>The
dems and republicans talk a lot about <st1:country-region =
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but this years official budget report about the so called global war on =
terror
showed that the increase in US funding to <st1:country-region =
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was 3 fold higher than the increase to <st1:country-region =
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what the hay with 30 billion to <st1:country-region =
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>Let us
move into a more accountable national green party peace action =
committee,
because not talking about <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">Israel</st1:country-region>
or <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on">Afghanistan</st1:country-region> is =
not gonna
allow any solution in <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on"><st1:place =
w:st=3D"on">Iraq</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<o:p></o:p></span></fon=
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<p class=3DMsoNormal =
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3.0pt;margin-left:0in'><st1:country-region w:st=3D"on"><st1:place =
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size=3D3 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
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=
color:black;font-weight:bold'>Israel</span></font></b></st1:place></st1:c=
ountry-region><b><font
color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:
bold'>, United States sign unprecedented $30 billion, 10-year military =
aid deal
</span></font></b><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><br>
<br>
</span></font><i><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black;font-style:italic'>By: ARON =
HELLER -
Associated Press</span></font></i><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal =
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color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span
=
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</font></st1:City><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'> -- The <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on">United =
States</st1:country-region>
offered <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on">Israel</st1:country-region> on =
Thursday
an unprecedented $30 billion military aid package, bolstering its =
closest <st1:place
w:st=3D"on">Mideast</st1:place> ally.<br>
<br>
The aid deal represents a 25 percent rise in <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">U.S.</st1:country-region>
military aid to <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on"><st1:place =
w:st=3D"on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region>,
from a current $2.4 billion each year to $3 billion a year over 10 =
years.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
3.0pt;margin-left:0in'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Nicholas Burns, =
the <st1:country-region
w:st=3D"on">U.S.</st1:country-region> 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 =
<st1:City
w:st=3D"on"><st1:place =
w:st=3D"on">Jerusalem</st1:place></st1:City>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p=
>
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style=3D'text-align:center;mso-element:frame'><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
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<p class=3DMsoNormal =
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3.0pt;margin-left:0in'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>The package was =
meant in
part to offset <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on">U.S.</st1:country-region> =
plans to
offer <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on">Saudi =
Arabia</st1:place></st1:country-region>
advanced weapons and air systems that would greatly improve the Arab =
country's
air force. <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on">Israel</st1:country-region> =
has said
it has no opposition to the <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">U.S.</st1:country-region>
aid to <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on">Saudi =
Arabia</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<br>
<br>
Burns said regional threats to <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">Israel</st1:country-region>
-- <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on">Iran</st1:country-region> and the =
Hezbollah
and Hamas militant groups -- also threaten the <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:place
w:st=3D"on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<br>
<br>
"We look at this region and we see that a secure and strong =
<st1:country-region
w:st=3D"on">Israel</st1:country-region> is in the interest of the =
<st1:country-region
w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on">United =
States</st1:place></st1:country-region>,"
Burns said.<br>
<br>
The chief of <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">Israel</st1:country-region>'s
central bank, Stanley Fischer, said the <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">U.S.</st1:country-region>
aid is of "critical importance" to <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:place
w:st=3D"on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region>, whose defense =
budget
constitutes about 10 percent of its Gross Domestic Product.<br>
<br>
The aid package to <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">Israel</st1:country-region>
was finalized in June in <st1:State w:st=3D"on"><st1:place =
w:st=3D"on">Washington</st1:place></st1:State>
between President Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Olmert =
has said
the increase in military aid to <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:place =
w:st=3D"on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region>
would guarantee its strategic superiority, despite upgrades to Arab =
countries
in the region.<br>
<br>
The <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on">U.S.</st1:country-region> has =
long-standing
commitments to <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">Israel</st1:country-region> and to
<st1:country-region w:st=3D"on">Egypt</st1:country-region>, which in =
1979 became
the first Arab state to make peace with <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:place
w:st=3D"on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region>. =
<st1:country-region w:st=3D"on"><st1:place
w:st=3D"on">Egypt</st1:place></st1:country-region> currently gets $1.3 =
billion a
year in military assistance. At the same time, the <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">U.S.</st1:country-region>
is seeking to strengthen other moderate Mideast allies, largely as a
counterweight to <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on"><st1:place =
w:st=3D"on">Iran</st1:place></st1:country-region>'s
growing influence.<br>
<br>
The <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on">United States</st1:country-region> =
and <st1:country-region
w:st=3D"on">Israel</st1:country-region> accuse <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">Iran</st1:country-region>
of developing nuclear bombs, a charge <st1:City w:st=3D"on"><st1:place =
w:st=3D"on">Tehran</st1:place></st1:City>
denies. <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on">Iran</st1:country-region>, whose =
leader
has repeatedly called for <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">Israel</st1:country-region>
to be to wiped off the map, is viewed by <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:place
w:st=3D"on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region> as its main enemy. =
Shiite
Muslim Iran also concerns the Saudis and other Sunni-led Arab allies of =
the <st1:country-region
w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on">United =
States</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<br>
<br>
The Bush administration must still receive congressional approval for =
the aide
deals, but Burns said he believed there would be little opposition in =
the
Senate and House<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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