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2004 Federal Budget Allocations for Israel (C&P)
HAIRY
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As for Israel, the budget is much more aggressive. In the section titled, "FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM," the proposed budget states,
"For expenses necessary for grants to enable the President to carry out the provisions of section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act, $4,957,500,000: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than $2,160,000,000 shall be available for grants only for Israel...Provided further, That to the extent that the Government of Israel requests that funds be used for such purposes, grants made available for Israel by this paragraph shall, as agreed by Israel and the United States, be available for advanced weapons systems, of which not less than $568,000,000 shall be available for the procurement in Israel of defense articles and defense services, including research and development."
Over two billion US taxpayer dollars to be granted to Israel for weapon systems, with over half a billion of which will never even buy a US product or service. Seeing the US policy in numbers allows one to understand why the world, not to mention the Palestinians, does not believe the US is a neutral mediator.
Furthermore, Israel is the only nuclear weapon superpower in the Middle East that refuses to sign on to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Instead of President Bush making Israel's nuclear disarmament, or at least their signing of the treaty, a prerequisite to US funding, in the section titled, "NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND RELATED PROGRAMS," the budget clenches its superpower fists again by dictating to the International Atomic Energy Agency to include Israel in its activities or face no funding from the US. The section reads,
For necessary expenses for nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, demining and related programs and activities, $415,200,000...Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading may be made available for the International Atomic Energy Agency only if the Secretary of State determines (and so reports to the Congress) that Israel is not being denied its right to participate in the activities of that Agency."
In another odd listing, the budget sets aside ten million dollars to two specific Israeli organizations. It reads,
"PROGRAMS.--Of the funds appropriated under ''Economic Support Fund'' for Middle East regional programs, up to $5,000,000 may be made available for programs and activities of the Yitzhak Rabin Center for Israel Studies in Tel Aviv, Israel, and up to $5,000,000 may be made available for programs and activities of the Center for Human Dignity Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem."
There is no mention why these specific institutions were selected or what justifies these large amounts of funding.
Lastly, even though this essay is not meant to address Israel's full presence in the budget, one note in the section titled, "DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--MILITARY," that did catch attention is the one that reads,
"Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under the heading ''Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide'', $144,803,000 shall be made available for the Arrow missile defense program: Provided, That of this amount, $80,000,000 shall be available for the purpose of producing Arrow missile components in the United States and Arrow missile components and missiles in Israel to meet Israel's defense requirements"
Again, US funds are being allocated for weapons that never see US suppliers or service providers and this is in a budget that claims to create jobs, let alone the never-ending preaching in the budget about realizing world peace.
By the way, another item worth noting is that Bush's budget also contains money to undertake an ambitious program to return Americans to the moon as early as 2015 and eventually send a mission to Mars. The budget earmarks $12 billion for this effort over the next five years. Also, after President's budget was submitted to congress, the White House acknowledged that it would need up to $50 billion in extra money for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan next year -- on top of the $400 billion military budget in Bush's proposal (Reuters, Feb 5).
There is always one more imbecile than you counted on.
Hypocrisy is the homage paid by vice to virtue.
Don't assume malice for what stupidity can explain.
As for Israel, the budget is much more aggressive. In the section titled, "FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM," the proposed budget states,
"For expenses necessary for grants to enable the President to carry out the provisions of section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act, $4,957,500,000: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than $2,160,000,000 shall be available for grants only for Israel...Provided further, That to the extent that the Government of Israel requests that funds be used for such purposes, grants made available for Israel by this paragraph shall, as agreed by Israel and the United States, be available for advanced weapons systems, of which not less than $568,000,000 shall be available for the procurement in Israel of defense articles and defense services, including research and development."
Over two billion US taxpayer dollars to be granted to Israel for weapon systems, with over half a billion of which will never even buy a US product or service. Seeing the US policy in numbers allows one to understand why the world, not to mention the Palestinians, does not believe the US is a neutral mediator.
Furthermore, Israel is the only nuclear weapon superpower in the Middle East that refuses to sign on to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Instead of President Bush making Israel's nuclear disarmament, or at least their signing of the treaty, a prerequisite to US funding, in the section titled, "NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND RELATED PROGRAMS," the budget clenches its superpower fists again by dictating to the International Atomic Energy Agency to include Israel in its activities or face no funding from the US. The section reads,
For necessary expenses for nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, demining and related programs and activities, $415,200,000...Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading may be made available for the International Atomic Energy Agency only if the Secretary of State determines (and so reports to the Congress) that Israel is not being denied its right to participate in the activities of that Agency."
In another odd listing, the budget sets aside ten million dollars to two specific Israeli organizations. It reads,
"PROGRAMS.--Of the funds appropriated under ''Economic Support Fund'' for Middle East regional programs, up to $5,000,000 may be made available for programs and activities of the Yitzhak Rabin Center for Israel Studies in Tel Aviv, Israel, and up to $5,000,000 may be made available for programs and activities of the Center for Human Dignity Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem."
There is no mention why these specific institutions were selected or what justifies these large amounts of funding.
Lastly, even though this essay is not meant to address Israel's full presence in the budget, one note in the section titled, "DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--MILITARY," that did catch attention is the one that reads,
"Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under the heading ''Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide'', $144,803,000 shall be made available for the Arrow missile defense program: Provided, That of this amount, $80,000,000 shall be available for the purpose of producing Arrow missile components in the United States and Arrow missile components and missiles in Israel to meet Israel's defense requirements"
Again, US funds are being allocated for weapons that never see US suppliers or service providers and this is in a budget that claims to create jobs, let alone the never-ending preaching in the budget about realizing world peace.
By the way, another item worth noting is that Bush's budget also contains money to undertake an ambitious program to return Americans to the moon as early as 2015 and eventually send a mission to Mars. The budget earmarks $12 billion for this effort over the next five years. Also, after President's budget was submitted to congress, the White House acknowledged that it would need up to $50 billion in extra money for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan next year -- on top of the $400 billion military budget in Bush's proposal (Reuters, Feb 5).
There is always one more imbecile than you counted on.
Hypocrisy is the homage paid by vice to virtue.
Don't assume malice for what stupidity can explain.
Comments
We're men. Its our God given right to watch sports and smut" - Al Bundy
Why do you suppose that people don't want nations like Syria, Lybia,
Iraq,jordon, Afghanistan,and Turkey to have nuclear weapons[?]
Answer:
Because they don't play well with others.[xx(]
Any one of these nations if had half a chance would do every thing in their power to rid the world of Jews and the good ole USA.[:(]