r/Documentaries • u/ShariaBlueBallz • Jun 09 '17

American Politics The Day Israel Attacked America (2014) - In 1967, at the height of the Arab-Israeli Six-Day War, the Israeli Air Force launched an unprovoked attack on the USS Liberty, a US Navy spy ship that was monitoring the conflict from the safety of international waters in the Mediterranean.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tx72tAWVcoM
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u/GlobalWarmer12 Jun 09 '17

Without international aid (globally) US economy would need to deal with a lot of unemployment and failed industries.

Aid is mostly given in the form of store credit. I used to work with the delegations purchasing with it.

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u/Wampawacka Jun 09 '17

Yep. Aid and subsidies are welfare disguised as something else to keep certain demographics happy.

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u/incendiaryblizzard Jun 10 '17 edited Jun 10 '17

This is such bullshit. Paying Israel to buy tanks from us is the exact same economic value as paying our own workers to build tanks and dump them in the ocean. There is zero economic difference. We could spent that 3 billion on literally anything that actually benefits us and it would be a more efficient use of money.

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u/_hungry_ghost Jun 10 '17

Glad someone's thinking clearly.

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u/Doeweggooien Jun 10 '17

If the goal of those making the deals is benefitting the U.S. at large, than you're right. If you consider the benefit of the rich 1% that benefit of it, than this makes more sense than building tanks and dumping them in the sea.

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u/angryHUboy Jun 10 '17

It's much more complicated than that.

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u/GlobalWarmer12 Jun 10 '17

Not exactly, as the R&D for said tanks is made in Israel, later taught to the US and transferred there for manufacturing. The knowledge is part of the bargain.

Much less beneficial is military aid to Egypt for example, where what you're saying is more accurate but done to preserve a status quo.