18-24-61-B-17-17-4@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoJim Jordan fails again to win speaker gavel in second vote, getting less support than first trywww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square140fedilinkarrow-up1867arrow-down113
arrow-up1854arrow-down1external-linkJim Jordan fails again to win speaker gavel in second vote, getting less support than first trywww.nbcnews.com18-24-61-B-17-17-4@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square140fedilink
minus-squareHandBreadedTools@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoApparently the US gives military grants that amount to about 16% of Israel’s total military budget. That’s kind of a lot, if I’m reading it correctly.
minus-squareS_204@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·1 year agoIIRC it’s a bit less than that, something like 3b of 36b. To allow the US easy access to intelligence, operational bases and feeding the military industrial complex, that’s really not a ton of cash for the US…
Apparently the US gives military grants that amount to about 16% of Israel’s total military budget. That’s kind of a lot, if I’m reading it correctly.
IIRC it’s a bit less than that, something like 3b of 36b.
To allow the US easy access to intelligence, operational bases and feeding the military industrial complex, that’s really not a ton of cash for the US…