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Originally Posted by Mojo_PeiPei
A lot of aid going to Israel is in loan form, in turn which they spend on American goods.
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My understanding is that most of their aid, and most 'aid' we parcel out around the globe, is in the form of military technology.
This is one of the reasons that many muslims hold us personally culpable for Israeli military aggression--our aid directly arms them and allows them to carry out actions they view as aggressions.
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Last edited by smooth; 08-30-2004 at 10:46 AM..
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