Originally posted by Edan
Again, you miss my point. Economic help, be it through foreign aid or through military aid is still economic aid. How much money do those countries save by not having to maintain large armies in order to guarantee security.
Would you rather have American troops in Israel and no aid, even if it would cost more?
Again, you miss my point. Economic help, be it through foreign aid or through military aid is still economic aid. How much money do those countries save by not having to maintain large armies in order to guarantee security.
Would you rather have American troops in Israel and no aid, even if it would cost more?
It is also very hard to compare the relations between the 'great' powers, and relations between great powers and minor ones:
The US: 280 million people, world's largest economy
Japan: 120 million world's 2nd economy
Germany: 80 million, world's 4th (or 3rd, depending were you place China) economy.
France and Britian: both about 60 million, worlds 5th and 6th economies (which is which, I don't remember)
Israel: 6 million, worlds' twenty or thirty something economy (1/3 the US's yearly military budget)
So Israel is not in the same league as the 'big'boys. Add ot this the billions upon bilions of dolars that Japanese, French, British, and German corporations and individuals invest in the US, and the millions of US workers employeed directly by the companies of these states. Israel has nothing at all to match this.
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