Some of the stuff Hamas assembles (with foreign assistance) cost as little as 300-800 bucks. Dumb, unguided rockets.
The iron dome rockets on the other hand are 50 to 100 grand. Israel is spending a LOT Of money.
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Some of the stuff Hamas assembles (with foreign assistance) cost as little as 300-800 bucks. Dumb, unguided rockets.
The iron dome rockets on the other hand are 50 to 100 grand. Israel is spending a LOT Of money.
What Is Israel’s Iron Dome Anti-Rocket System? - The Washington Post
I'd guess as a country we lose a lot of money equipping/aiding Israel. If you are talking specifically about the Iron Dome system, that was originally an Israeli invention/product, but Raytheon has been manufacturing it as well now. Probably Ratheon is getting paid with your tax dollars. But that's a guess. I figure the country loses money big time supporting Israel but domestic military contractors get paid one way or another.
As to who profits from what, (re military sales) that gets complicated. The Israelis sell sh!t-loads of weapons throughout the world. We spend shitloads of money equipping/aiding Israel. I'd guess we are probably net net losing money on the deal.
Biden to announce new military aid to Israel after Hamas attack, Blinken says | Biden administration | The Guardian
Biden's team worried House's chaos might impact aid to Israel (axios.com)
Your tax dollar at work.
What was your point?
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We know who armed Israel. The question was who is arming Hamas. Not the money, the hardware.
They're playing a dangerous game.
They must know that at one point during the Yom Kippur War, Israel had live nukes loaded on aircraft, with engines running and waiting for the word.
Yeah they never fought over there before 1948.
That place has been a hatefest for thousands of years.
As an anti-religious zealot I hate Israel and those goddamn Israeli cream sellers along every quaint strolling street or shopping mall.
IMO this is the beginning of the end of Netanyahu. He held on all these years because he was perceived to be stronger on security than the other guys.
And now, in order to compensate for this failure, he is going to have to go HARD.
Shock and awe is coming.
IMO.
A little piece of me wonders if Israel didn't know this was coming and they let it come anyway. The right wing just got righter.
i could see that happening. like just way over-compensating with his response and laying even more sh!t to waste.
what they’re left with is more of the same positive feedback loop of Palestinians not having resources or financial opportunities and just getting more and more desperate
I can see that too.
Who’s fault is it that they don’t have resources or financial opportunities?
It’s not even an issue of one party over another. A normal republican President would have done the exact same thing and I’d say the exact same thing about it.
To be clear I’m not not implying that the US wants Hamas to “win” over Israel. The US just wants the fighting to continue. A decisive victory for either side is not a goal of our government.