US Defense Secretary: Israel saved US soldiers' lives

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The US Defense Secretary praised Israeli innovations in the military domain which help, according to him, the US military. “It’s a two-way relationship. There’s no question that it’s not symmetric, but it is two-way - we really do get things from the Israelis in technology," he said.

"I hesitate to make invidious comparisons, but if you’re making comparisons to, say, the European legacy arms (industry), the guys who have made the tanks and planes and ships in Europe, they’ve been very slow to come out of the industrial age. The Israelis you will find to be more clever and more innovative."

Carter presented as an example the Israeli solution to improvised explosive devices (IEDs) which killed many US soldiers in Iraq. “The Israelis were really quite ingenious in this area and we got a lot from them. There’s no question that lives were saved as a consequence of their (help). They’re not good in everything across the board, but they’re as good as us in some areas. They’re in a league that has very few members."

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4720893,00.html

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1. This is for public consumption

There is a lot more.

[King_David]

4. For sure...

[GoneFishin]

2. Two way relationship. We give them free stuff, and they give us the finger.

[shira]

3. That money has to be spent buying American weaponry which helps the US economy

You don't know that?

If Israel rejected that, they'd make FAR more money trading with China, for example.