should america support Israel?

[Anomalocaris]

All American politicians who vote for foreign aid and give our tax dollars to foreigners should be considered traitors. Our own country is turning into a garbage dump while they funnel money hand over fist to their buddies in other countries.

By world standards what is considered a dump in the US would still qualify as highly developed luxury in 85% of the world.

In addition, under most circumstances foreign aid is a vastly more economical means of influencing world events in our favor than sending troops.

During the 11 years when American forces occupied Iraq, the US spent about 60 times more on pacifying and occupying Iraq than it did on aid to Israel.

Annual American aid to Egypt cost about as much as what it took to support just one single day of major combat operation by American forces during initial phase of operation "Iraqi Freedom" in 2003.

One might question where American spends its foreign aid. But to denounce foreign aid itself and fail to recognize its efficacy as an economical instrument of foreign policy is idiotic.