Harry Reid: Israel May Need More Aid

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28. As a surely unintended side-effect, US companies have another tax-funded paycheck coming

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-05-27/israel-agrees-to-spend-half-of-iron-dome-funds-in-u-s-.html

May 28, 2014

The Israeli government has agreed to spend more than half the funds the Pentagon provides for its Iron Dome system in the U.S., bolstering the political appeal of the missile-defense system in America.

Funds going to U.S. contractors for components of the Israeli-built, Pentagon-funded system will jump to 30 percent this year and 55 percent next year from 3 percent previously , according to a U.S. Missile Defense Agency report to Congress obtained by Bloomberg News. That amounts to at least $97 million of $176 million requested by the Defense Department for the coming fiscal year



Hmm... a tenfold increase to 30% this year, and up to 55% next year. More Hamas rockets = more money. And if the conflict extends into next year, even more money. MUCH more money. At $62,000 per missile, there are fortunes to be made! There is an enormous incentive to keep this conflict going into 2015.

On this issue, can we trust any politician whose campaigns are funded by those interests who will profit, handsomely, from this crisis?