tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post4771842968773868245..comments2024-01-02T02:18:30.960-08:00Comments on Israel Thrives: Obama's Racism and Counterproductive StupidityMike L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-90160480639963355532016-08-01T12:02:18.914-07:002016-08-01T12:02:18.914-07:00Again though. All this tells me is that Israel is ...Again though. All this tells me is that Israel is making an error in negotiating this 10 year aid deal. The sword of Damocles the Americans will hold over their heads is too much. <br /><br />Also and this is important, Obama is pushing hard to remove a clause from the historical package that maintains that 75% of the aid MUST be spent on US companies in the US. He wants it to be 100%. Obama is demanding that Israel hobble its own defense industry. And as Carolyn Glick notes, this whole deal is little more than a bill of sale for Lockheed Martin. It's designed around forcing the fatally flawed F-35 down Israel's throat. While it may score political points against Jew haters to note that all such aid would legally have to be spent on the US in the US and so it's not actually 'aid' per se as in 'we give you Jews everything !!!' the reality of it will be extremely damaging to Israel's own industries. <br /><br /><br />Moreover as Glick also notes, Obama wants to bottomline all shared development projects and bundle them together. This means that whatever is in the kitty for all shared development programs can never be negotiated or adjusted separately. This is not shared development this is turning your customer into a vendor. <br /><br />I sincerely hope Israel puts the brakes on this deal until at least next year. While it's unlikely they'll get a better deal under Hillary or even under Trump, it would be better to push off and work toward separate program by program, line by line aid agreements. The leverage that Israel has in the F-35 is that as one partner leaves others are more prone to leave and then the whole thing collapses. Empress Trudyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06073538968722986065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-4753869313384534272016-08-01T02:39:24.772-07:002016-08-01T02:39:24.772-07:00Oh they see it alright; they just choose to ignore...Oh they see it alright; they just choose to ignore it or, worse, support it because of their ideological bent.Doodadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349941094682080146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-63097684272456042812016-07-31T19:21:10.388-07:002016-07-31T19:21:10.388-07:00Many educated people are not smart. Many educated people are not smart. JeffwithaJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07073609950380822171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-39410119851835837322016-07-31T13:03:03.529-07:002016-07-31T13:03:03.529-07:00It goes in circles. The obsession with the occupat...It goes in circles. The obsession with the occupation makes one wonder how smart the "educated" people are, and about the bearings of their moral compass.<br /><br />Anyone with eyes can see that inciting children to hate, glorifying acts of violence and terror, and stealing people blind are taking place, unless one wears blinders. Anyone with sense knows that these behaviors do not promote peace, let alone friendly relations, and the status quo will continue until these behaviors change.<br /><br />International law speaks of minimum core norms and values to which every person is entitled, yet so many that scream about Israel and others are the actual abusers or look the other way. Humanitarian racism is insidious. Millions of people are under the yoke because of it.oldschooltwentysixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15672887176887940797noreply@blogger.com