U.S. approves $20 billion Israel weapons package, including fighter jets

Fantastic news!!!!

bass4funkToday 07:37 am JST

Fantastic news!!!!

Remember when you said there was a crisis at home and not one penny could be spared overseas? Uh huh.

Remember when you said there was a crisis at home and not one penny could be spared overseas? Uh huh.

Absolutely, I have not changed my position on that, but at the same time, we cannot allow our biggest and closest ally in the ME fall. Isreal, the only TRUE democracy in the ME.

bass4funkToday 07:48 am JST

Remember when you said there was a crisis at home and not one penny could be spared overseas? Uh huh.

Absolutely, I have not changed my position on that, but at the same time, we cannot allow our biggest and closest ally in the ME fall. Isreal, the only TRUE democracy in the ME.

We also cannot allow our enemy of 100 years, Russia, to run rampant over Eastern Europe.

We also cannot allow our enemy of 100 years, Russia, to run rampant over Eastern Europe.

Then let Europe take care of it, they also have their own military collectively.

Won't be delivered until 2029. Part of a long-term plan.

Remember when you said there was a crisis at home and not one penny could be spared overseas? Uh huh.

Absolutely, I have not changed my position on that

Apparently you have. Lot of pennies in $20b. Not going to talk about the homeless and vets today?

Why is the Biden White House accelerating its support / enabling yet more Gaza civilian massacres ?

Won't be delivered until 2029. Part of a long-term plan."

That is not what the article says though. The planes might take time but the ammunition is ready to ship now apparently?

" The tank rounds would be almost immediately available for delivery. "

bass4funkToday 08:11 am JST

We also cannot allow our enemy of 100 years, Russia, to run rampant over Eastern Europe.

Then let Europe take care of it, they also have their own military collectively.

Israel could have deescalated tensions months ago. Their war is for your bedtime stories. Ukraine's war is for our treaty allies.

The US funding genocide... And if there is a "terrorist" attack against the US it won't be because the "terrorists" hate your wide choice of breakfast cereals.

Mr KiplingToday 02:39 pm JST

The US funding genocide... And if there is a "terrorist" attack against the US it won't be because the "terrorists" hate your wide choice of breakfast cereals.

The terrorists can claim whatever they want: it is their fault that suicide bomber is the only job in their countries.

They'll be able to bomb more schools, hospitals, and homes, and kill even more women, children, and babies. You must be ecstatic.

No, not at all, but in a war, people get injured and people die, that is the sad reality.

Israel could have deescalated tensions months ago.

Hamas didn't have to do what it did on October 7.

Their war is for your bedtime stories.

Of necessity, to be more precise.

Ukraine's war is for our treaty allies.

Then let Europe take the lead.

Apparently you have.

On the contrary.

Lot of pennies in $20b. Not going to talk about the homeless and vets today?

I talk about them all the time and no matter how much money we throw at Ukraine, they will lose, you can't beat fate.

no matter how much money we throw at Ukraine, they will lose, you can't beat fate.

The Ukrainians have taken more territory in the past week than the Russians have taken in the past year.

The Ukrainians took over Belgorod today, adding another Oblast. Putin currently has all the eggs in Russia on his face.

The USGovt isn't funding anything. Approval doesn't mean paying. Israel will still need to PAY for the arms. Business continues. Paying customers are good, especially when they are destroying terrorist.

The Ukrainians have taken more territory in the past week than the Russians have taken in the past year.

False. The past two years.

you can't beat fate.

We can't excuse cowardice.

We can't excuse cowardice.

Cowardice and Fate are two entirely different things. Ukraine will eventually fall.

False. The past two years.

I'm happy to stand corrected.

Ukraine will eventually fall.

They said it would happen in 72-hours.

Meanwhile here we are 2.5 years later, and Ukraine is invading Russia. Hardly looks like they will fall. Looks like they will end the war owning some formerly Russian territory!

Cowardice and Fate are two entirely different things. Ukraine will eventually fall.

Exactly. Cowardice is a real MAGA policy. Fate is just a way to excuse MAGA policy.

bass4funkToday 12:48 am JST

We can't excuse cowardice.

Cowardice and Fate are two entirely different things. Ukraine will eventually fall.

So will Israel. Ukraine is on a surer footing.

Ukraine will eventually fall.

To Putin? They will need another 30 years and 25 million dead Russians to conquer Ukraine at this rate.

You are going to need another dictator to adore, this one isn't the stronkman you thought he was.

They said it would happen in 72-hours.

I said eventually.

Meanwhile, here we are 2.5 years later, and Ukraine is invading Russia.

Moscow is destroyed?

Hardly looks like they will fall.

They are falling. Just a matter of time

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/06/03/world/europe/ukraine-destruction.html

Looks like they will end the war owning some formerly Russian territory!

Yes and the US will give Russia back.

Exactly. Cowardice is a real MAGA policy. Fate is just a way to excuse MAGA policy.

Ok, so what is the problem here?

So will Israel.

How? Magic wand, the 12th pillar, the US will never allow that, ever.

Ukraine is on a surer footing.

Putin and Xi don't think so.

To Putin? They will need another 30 years and 25 million dead Russians to conquer Ukraine at this rate. 

Give it time.

You are going to need another dictator to adore, this one isn't the stronkman you thought he was.

I never adored any Democrat.

bass4funkToday 02:09 am JST

So will Israel.

How? Magic wand, the 12th pillar, the US will never allow that, ever.

Doubtful any patriotic president will put substantial US troops in the ME for Israel.

To Putin? They will need another 30 years and 25 million dead Russians to conquer Ukraine at this rate. 

Give it time.

Or the US can not disgrace itself and can take the fight to its enemies.

You are going to need another dictator to adore, this one isn't the stronkman you thought he was.

I never adored any Democrat.

We know you consider Democrats worse than Putin but that is your shame you have to answer for.

Ukraine is on a surer footing.

Putin and Xi don't think so.

Patriots don't listen to our enemies and carry out their orders.

Doubtful any patriotic president will put substantial US troops in the ME for Israel.

Never, definitely not a Republican President at that.

Or the US can not disgrace itself and can take the fight to its enemies.

I think Trump or any of the newer conservatives can live with that.

We know you consider Democrats worse than Putin but that is your shame you have to answer for.

I have to answer only to God and no one else and No, I feel no shame.

Patriots don't listen to our enemies and carry out their orders.

If you think I'm not a Patriot....ok...I sleep good at night.

I said eventually.

Keep hoping and coming. Meanwhile Ukraine will continue winning this war and taking more of Russia causing destruction. Mass destruction.

bass4funkToday 02:37 am JST

Or the US can not disgrace itself and can take the fight to its enemies.

I think Trump or any of the newer conservatives can live with that.

But they are not taking the fight to our enemies. They are grabbing ankles.

We know you consider Democrats worse than Putin but that is your shame you have to answer for.

I have to answer only to God and no one else and No, I feel no shame.

Patriots don't listen to our enemies and carry out their orders.

If you think I'm not a Patriot....ok...I sleep good at night.

You also have to answer to your kids whether you did what you could to defend the country as opposed to defending Trump and foreign dictators.

bass4funk -- Do you ever make original comments? You lie in wait and then argue. Are you afraid to make original comments? Either way, it's obvious that your belief in god is a waste. God is nicer than you. Ukraine and Russia are engaged in a war you aren't even educated about. I hate to be an nonsesquipedalianist, but your argument is spurious at best. Your pro-Russia stance is incongruous for one who claims to be a patriotic American.

@ Gene

Thank you, I couldn’t have said it better.

Remember, the US also had made a deal to supply weapons to the Shah, only to find themselves in the position of having sold them to a regime that no longer existed due to the Iranian military and population turning on it and bringing what the Iranian population says is a democracy into being where what the American government and media had said was a popularly supported government had been.

You'd think that having had to pay it all back, plus interest and penalties, would have taught America a lesson, but I forsee a reunited Palestine heading to the ICJ to demand the US be forced to pay it what the Israeli regime has paid America, and winning.

Gene, you used the word 'arguing', but arguing requires reasoning and evidence. The word that fits better is 'hectoring'.

RichardPearceToday 03:52 am JST

Remember, the US also had made a deal to supply weapons to the Shah, only to find themselves in the position of having sold them to a regime that no longer existed due to the Iranian military and population turning on it and bringing what the Iranian population says is a democracy into being where what the American government and media had said was a popularly supported government had been.

Optimal words there being "what the Iranian population says" which is actually what just the fundamentalist regime says.

You'd think that having had to pay it all back, plus interest and penalties, would have taught America a lesson, but I forsee a reunited Palestine heading to the ICJ to demand the US be forced to pay it what the Israeli regime has paid America, and winning.

The US hasn't given Iran hardly anything and will not be as long as terrorism is promoted.

But they are not taking the fight to our enemies. They are grabbing ankles.

Not entirely.

You also have to answer to your kids whether you did what you could to defend the country as opposed to defending Trump and foreign dictators.

I do and I did and they also want a President that puts the US first and foremost.

Do you ever make original comments?

Always, always.

You lie in wait and then argue.

Not really

Are you afraid to make original comments?

Never, not sure what or why you are saying this...odd.

Either way, it's obvious that your belief in god is a waste.

Not to me.

God is nicer than you. Ukraine and Russia are engaged in a war you aren't even educated about. I hate to be an nonsesquipedalianist, but your argument is spurious at best. Your pro-Russia stance is incongruous for one who claims to be a patriotic American.

Well, look, that is your personal opinion and you are entitled to it, but I vehemently disagree with you, and think you are flat out wrong on every single point.