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anotojefiremnesuka

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39. No and the US and its allies should also support regime change and economic sanctions against

Wed Mar 18, 2015, 05:12 AM

Mar 2015

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Israel.

Israel has been NOTHING but a bully in the region for decades now and I am to the point now of providing US arms and training to ALL of Israel neighbors.

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If Netanyahu stays in power, should the U.S. continue to provide military aid to Israel? [View all] Ken Burch Mar 2015 OP

Cut 'em off period. Jester Messiah Mar 2015 #1

I would vote yes if I had any confidence it would stop yeoman6987 Mar 2015 #9

Yes..... Luke Zee Mar 2015 #34

We should cut ties with Israel should NEtanyahu remain. eom MohRokTah Mar 2015 #2

You're back! yallerdawg Mar 2015 #6

Actually, Israel is in recession and the poverty rates are soaring. Ken Burch Mar 2015 #12

i think e-cigdub Mar 2015 #3

Start docking them for every safeinOhio Mar 2015 #4

I would like to think we could cut them off. oldandhappy Mar 2015 #5

who is "they"? onenote Mar 2015 #53

I think the aid should be stopped Nite Owl Mar 2015 #7

So long as Israel has socialized medicine for all, I don't see why we give them gun money. . . Journeyman Mar 2015 #8

^^^That^^^ onecaliberal Mar 2015 #17

They are our friends in the same way Bettie Mar 2015 #59

Congress won't defund Israel, so it doesn't matter what anyone thinks. nt MADem Mar 2015 #10

Sheldon Adelson won. Protalker Mar 2015 #13

There are a lot of uncounted ballots, yet--the soldiers' votes. They have no absentee ballots-- MADem Mar 2015 #19

Not yet, this divorce will happen slowly over decades. geek tragedy Mar 2015 #22

Sad but true. N.T. Donald Ian Rankin Mar 2015 #42

cut it all off DustyJoe Mar 2015 #11

We should honor our existing commitments. bluedigger Mar 2015 #14

Agree. 840high Mar 2015 #20

Those commitments are a dead letter now that geek tragedy Mar 2015 #23

No - that's bibi's stated position leftynyc Mar 2015 #44

No, Bibi's party controls Congress so the aid will flow. geek tragedy Mar 2015 #55

NO blkmusclmachine Mar 2015 #15

Not only no, but hell no. onecaliberal Mar 2015 #16

Only if they pay for it. Chan790 Mar 2015 #18

When leaders become callous about killing women & children in hospitals, schools, & shelters think Mar 2015 #21

Absolutely not. Brigid Mar 2015 #24

stop all aid Man from Pickens Mar 2015 #25

We should never have supplied aid in the first place. ozone_man Mar 2015 #26

"let all Israeli citizens move here" joshcryer Mar 2015 #27

If it's a choice between that and militarily subsudizing a permanently right-wing, pro-war regime Ken Burch Mar 2015 #30

"let all Palestinians move to Jordan or Saudi Arabia" joshcryer Mar 2015 #35

I support a two-state solution, but the fact is, if Netanyahu stays in, its dead. Everything's over Ken Burch Mar 2015 #36

Palestinians have no power over RoR. joshcryer Mar 2015 #38

Look, ok, the Palestinians should be allowed out of the camps. Ken Burch Mar 2015 #43

The two state solution is the only way. joshcryer Mar 2015 #52

What is it exactly we give them in military aid? They have better tanks then we do. Rex Mar 2015 #28

How about roughly $3.2 billion annually chemenger Mar 2015 #63

But what does it go for is what I wonder? Rex Mar 2015 #64

In my opinion, there is no nation worthy of US support in the Middle East Algernon Moncrieff Mar 2015 #29

Will he use it to moondust Mar 2015 #31

I'm not comfortable using aid to influence foreign elections, so no. Marr Mar 2015 #32

Why does it matter if he won? Herzog was a strong supporter of Netanyahu's bombing of Gaza Chathamization Mar 2015 #33

Herzog wasn't my favorite either. Ken Burch Mar 2015 #37

No and the US and its allies should also support regime change and economic sanctions against anotojefiremnesuka Mar 2015 #39

No, especially since he doesn't support a two state solution. Skidmore Mar 2015 #40

This is nothing but leftynyc Mar 2015 #41

It's not mental masturbation. It's a legitimate question. Ken Burch Mar 2015 #45

I detest bibi leftynyc Mar 2015 #46

Herzog was only slightly better-Herzog as a person, though, wasn't the point. Ken Burch Mar 2015 #48

There are still very leftynyc Mar 2015 #50

Yes. And not only stopping $$ aid. mylye2222 Mar 2015 #47

Shouldn't, but will. N.T. Donald Ian Rankin Mar 2015 #49

I think they sucked off our teat long enough! B Calm Mar 2015 #51

If we stop aid to Israel, they'll just get it from someone else. Angleae Mar 2015 #54

No, but we will Marrah_G Mar 2015 #56

Do we have a choice? chemenger Mar 2015 #57

Shut it all down Bettie Mar 2015 #58

Only if we have an interest in it that helps us treestar Mar 2015 #60

we should have stopped providing aid long ago... magical thyme Mar 2015 #61

Aid should be contingent on moves toward two states not just Netenyahu leaving office. betterdemsonly Mar 2015 #62