In a recent post you approved of a paltry $24 billion dollar expenditure to bring the internet to every man, woman and child in America. You said, "The proposed project will amount to .00686% of the federal budget. It seems to me that at that price it's a bargain." Using your logic, what percentage of the Federal Budget is a paltry $3 billion to enhance very real security concerns based on Iran's development of nuclear weapons and their announced threat to use them.


Israel has been our strongest ally in the Mideast. Three words trouble me a lot more than aid to Israel. Iran, Iran, Iran. When Iran has the nuclear weapons and the delivery system to use them, every nickle we spend in Israel will have been worth it. Israel will do most or all of the heavy lifting if the Iranian threat becomes imminent. Strategically, it would be counter productive to effectively weaken Israel by cutting aid. It would give significant advantage to Iran. It appears to me there has been a slow erosion of America's traditional support for Israel under the Obama administration's foreign policy. I question why.