Thursday, April 22, 2010

Our costly Middle Eastern foreign policy

Dennis Mangan on the cost of supporting Israel:
The U.S. currently gives nearly $3 billion annually to Israel, a figure not including loan gurantess, and almost the same amount to Egypt, which has to be included in the cost of supporting Israel, since it's essentially a bribe for keeping the peace. Our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have cost thousands of American lives and hundreds of billions of dollars; even if these are not in direct support of Israel, which is debatable, they come directly from our involvement in the Middle East.

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