Thursday, March 5, 2009

U.S. Military Aid to Israel

The Ultimate Earmark

By KATHLEEN and BILL CHRISTISON
CounterPunch

"In these days of economic crisis, budget overruns, earmarks, and multi-billion dollar bailouts, when Americans are being forced to tighten their own belts, one of the most automatic earmarks—a bailout by any measure—goes to a foreign government but is little understood by most Americans. U.S. military aid to Israel is doled out in annual increments of billions of dollars but remains virtually unchallenged while other fiscal outlays are drastically cut......"

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