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Originally Posted by Tempest
The majority of foreign aid isn't about aid at all.. It's about leverage with those countries to get them to do what the US wants. Which usually has to do with oil and military issues
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Absolutely. Being friendly with your friends, as they say. That's how and why he brought up th subject, saying that since PAKISTAN isn't really our friend, so we should take a look at why we're sending your money to them.
Expanding on that, he's saying the same principle should apply across the board - if they aren't cooperating with us, and there's not a humanitarian justification, why are you and I paying them, via our taxes? Agree or disagree, that's how it works, aid normally assumes cooperation, or some other justification.
He was also very clear in specifically saying he'd plan on Israel continuing to get significant aid after the review is complete. You know that, so please have a little intellectual honesty and say what, if anything, you actually disagree with, rather than trying to twist his words. He never said Israel would end up with zero aid and you know that. Will you tell us what your real problem with him is, or are you ashamed to say? Do you even know, or are you just blindly following a comedian who told you to dislike him?