The way I understand it is the money is given as grants to israel that have a stipulation that they need to be used to buy US military equipment. Basically it’s taxpayer money being used to buy from american companies via a 3rd party. War is a racket. Your taxes go to the MIC, not israel.
What does aid mean then? Genuinely asking, I know the US sells weapons to Israel but don’t they also give financial aid?
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/24/world/middleeast/israel-us-aid.html
Idk how I’m supposed to interpret $15 billion in aid as anything other than giving them $15 billion in money/supplies
The way I understand it is the money is given as grants to israel that have a stipulation that they need to be used to buy US military equipment. Basically it’s taxpayer money being used to buy from american companies via a 3rd party. War is a racket. Your taxes go to the MIC, not israel.
So our tax dollars are being used, but it’s ok because there’s 1 extra layer of abstraction?
I understand that buying american weapons makes the aid end up back in america but it’s still tax payer money being spent on weapons is it not?