Massive meltdown of hawks and neoconservatives who seemed to think this war would go on forever (2 articles)
Look who’s losing it over Trump’s Iran deal
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The Disappearing Aid Check: The Future of US–Israel Defense Support
Israeli officials say they want to phase out US military grant aid — this sounds like a step toward ending US military aid to Israel. It is not. The plan is to shift billions in resources from State Department–administered foreign aid grants into general Pentagon procurement accounts, etc minimizing oversight and political accountability
Israel would get far more than $38 billion under the new deal
In an unprecedented gift of our executive power to Israel, the House has passed for the very first time a law that forces the American president to give Israel a minimum of $3.8 billion per year. We have, in effect, crippled our ability to promote US interests in the Middle East. The new House version is even more generous to Israel than the Senate bill and the 2016 MOU… it amounts to $7,230 per minute to Israel, or $120 per second…