'The memorandum of understanding on a $38 billion military aid package, which was signed in Washington on Wednesday between the American administration and Israel, is a generous move, which points to the Obamaadministration’s dedication to Israel’s security and to its devotion to the commitments he gave Democratic senators during the battle over the nuclear agreement with Iran'.
After I nearly up-chucked at this piece of piffle, let's have a look at this so called amazing deal. First a bit of "deal" history.
Israel has been a proving ground for all the American hardware that it has ever bought. More importantly, the Israelis - at their very own considerable expense - have made as many as 135 modifications and other improvements on every new U.S. aircraft and other military hardware it has purchased; thus enhancing considerably the capability of said hardware for the Americans too; modifications that will continue to save the Yank military millions of dollars year after year as new American hardware is bought by the Israelis and they make their modifications to upgrade it's capabilities.
As to this spread over ten year $38 billion deal; the Israelis will have to spend every cent on American hardware - thus it all works out to a win-win for the Yanks.
Israel has to wean itself off the American "military aid package" teet. Over the past decade, Israeli innovation in every department you may wish to think of, means so called "aid" from America should be scrapped.
For a start, it totally hampers Israel's own extremely capable defence industry. Joint funded military co-operation in R&D with the US? By all means; but taking the green back has served its usefulness quite some time ago and it is not in Israel's interest to continue. For one, it gives any American administration considerable political leverage on Israel- which they use.
A case in point: During the 1973 Yom Kippur war, Nixon ordered a total stop on all desperately needed replacements for losses being incurred by Israel (mostly on their aircraft from Sam missiles). If it wasn't for Al Haig - who totally ignored Nixon and sent the necessary to the Israelis anyway - that war could have turned out a disaster for Israel.
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| Nixon? He can go suck my big fat one. |
Too many Israeli politicians have amnesia about 1973 - with Bibi at the front of the $38 billion dollar queue. And why so many in Israel still hold onto the myth that Nixon was some kind of saviour, is a friggin' mystery!
