Obama Proud: US Signs $200 Billion Bill to Assist “Israeli” Military in 2012
US President Barack Obama signed a bill Friday that includes a provision to expand U.S. military assistance to "Israel". The bill, which was introduced in May and approved by Congress this week, would have the US provide additional support to the annual $3 billion for ten years that the US is already committed to under the Memorandum of Understanding.
The bill will grant USD 236 million worth of military assistance to Tel Aviv to develop its three missile-defense programs in 2012.
Congressman Steve Rothman (D-NJ), a member of the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, praised Obama's decision to sign into law "the highest levels of funding for the joint US-"Israel" missile defense programs in our history."
Some other representatives described US military support for "Israel" as an investment in "life-saving projects" and US national security, since short- and medium-range missiles are becoming a widespread problem. The "Israelis" also view the funds as an investment in a common project, rather than financial aid.
"I am proud to say that no US administration has done more in support of "Israel's" security than ours. None. Don't let anyone else tell you otherwise. It is a fact," Obama said last week during the 71st General Assembly of the Union for Reform Judaism, a US representative group, at National Harbor, Maryland.
The funding comes despite tough economic conditions in the US, as well as expected cuts to America's own military budget. Since 2007, the US has invested more than USD 1 billion in missile and rocket defense programs in "Israel".
The US gives as grant billions of dollars of American taxpayers' money to the Tel Aviv regime each year in the form of military and economic aid, legally justified as part of US government's foreign aid package.
The new US bill comes against a backdrop of nationwide Occupy demonstrations, which have been raging on since September 17 in protest against high-level corruption and corporate greed in the country.
Source: News Agencies, edited by moqawama.org
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