Why Does U.S. Gov’t. Donate $38B to an Enemy Nation?

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by Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org

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On September 13th, the AP headlined “Israel to get $38 billion in US military aid over 10 years”, and they called that “the largest batch of military assistance the U.S. has ever pledged to another country.” This money is donated, instead of anything being sold to Israel: it comes from U.S. taxpayers, and is a commitment regardless of whether Israel continues to violate the Camp David peace accords (such as by building illegal settlements) or any other treaty or international law.

On 8 June 1967, Israel intentionally attacked and sank the USS Liberty, slaughtering 34 of our sailors, and injuring another 172. The official U.S. government inquiry by an independent study Commission headed by Admiral Thomas H. Moorer, found that,

after eight hours of aerial surveillance, Israel launched a two-hour air and naval attack against the USS Liberty, the world’s most…

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