Like many Americans, I am skeptical of U.S. military aid to Israel, for no other reason than I generally don’t think we should pay for another nation’s security. I’m happy to sell them weapons to fight terrorists who want to kill Americans, but they should pay full price.
However, I don’t think it’s fair to specifically emphasize foreign funding for Israel as like, the main reason Americans can’t afford groceries. We have a trillion-dollar deficit, and spend wildly on all categories of defense, Medicare, and Social Security. That’s the problem.
Maybe that’s why this ad, which was put out by Cenk Uygur’s Rebellion PAC, really rubs me the wrong way. Take a look.
First off, that $26 billion was appropriated by Congress two years ago . President Biden signed off on it. The framing of this ad is that Republicans are going to send every last dollar overseas, but the idea of giving some military aid to Israel is popular and bipartisan.…