Israel should be receiving ZERO taxpayer dollars at a time when American homeless Seniors, Veterans and children are starving on the streets of the United States
WASHINGTON'S BLOG
By
Robert Barsocchini
07/27/2015
67.8% of respondents to a
Google Consumer Survey said Israel should receive no compensation for the US finalizing a
deal with Iran over its civilian nuclear program, which was begun at the behest of the US when Washington’s
puppet, the Shah, one of the world’s worst human rights violators, ruled over Iran.
Obama is currently
offering Israel increased aid to compensate for the agreement. Israel is the biggest recipient of US aid at over $3 billion per year, and Obama has increased aid to Israel after each of Israel’s major massacres in the Gaza refugee camp since Obama assumed power. The
major study of the issue of citizen impact on US government policy, conducted in 2014 by research teams out of Princeton and Northwestern universities, looked at nearly 2,000 policies and found that average-income US citizens have “near zero, statistically non-significant” impact on them, while the most affluent citizens essentially dictate policy.
This dynamic has been illustrated by previous research, such as by
Larry Bartels of Vanderbilt.
Another issue to watch for: the “world’s most influential” think tank, the Washington-based Brookings Institute, has
suggested (among other options), as a way for the US to gain dominance over Iran, making it appear that Iran has rejected a “great” deal, then using Israel to attack Iran. (Note the above poll asks if Israel should be given long-range bombers and “bunker-buster” explosives.)
The US and Israel have both continued to make threats of force, criminal acts under the UN charter adopted by both countries, against Iran since the agreement, and Obama’s anti-democratic offering of increased aid to Israel could possibly signal that the “leave it to Bibi” strategy is still being entertained, along with any number of other goals.
The author is a U.S.-based researcher focusing on force dynamics, national and global.
@_DirtyTruths.
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