Latest Attempt To Stop Foreign Aid To Israel

American Foreign Policy for years has recognized the importance of foreign aid to Israel. Indeed, a fundamental part of the Democratic Platform is to ensure that Israel mainains its military superiority. In a world surrounded by hostile neighbors, foreign aid demonstrates America's committment to the future of the State of Israel. It protects American interests vis a vis potentially harmful regimes like Iran and Syria, as well as recognized terrorists organizations like Hamas. It also boosts American jobs as the vast majority of foreign aid to Israel is spent on American products. This has been the lynchpin of Middle East Policy for decades.

Yet, every year, there is a small but vocal minority making the same arguments against aid to Israel. And it is starting to creep more and more into the Democratic Party. If more and better Democrats means eliminating foreign aid to Israel, as is suggested in this article on Daily Kos today, than count me out.

Yet the flow of US military support for Israel continues unabated. That is where the voices of reasonable people can make a difference. The US must stop such aid if it wants to further the cause of peace, if it wants to even pretend to be fair to all the people of the middle east.

This is the policy that gets Democrats unelected, not the policy that gets them elected. If Daily Kos is really committed to electing Democrats it would fight these notions, not endorse them. Yet, the article has received 21 uprates and counting.

Regards,

DKW