Washington – Aid to Israel has long been the locomotive that pulls foreign aid through the Congress, and for just as long as some lawmakers have been saying they’d vote for aid to Israel only if it were separated from the rest of the world.
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The latest to embrace that idea is Rep. Eric Cantor of Virginia, who is number two in the House Republican leadership. Last week he told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that if the GOP wins control of the House he will try to “protect” Israel’s $3 billion aid package by removing it from the foreign operations appropriations bill.
But is that in the national interest or just political pandering?
Over the decades I’ve been around Capitol Hill I’ve heard Republicans and Democrats alike use the same excuse for voting against foreign aid: I’d love to vote for aid to Israel but I can’t support everything else in the bill.
Some are sincere, but for many it’s just a transparent excuse to vote against all foreign assistance while trying not to offend Israel’s supporters.
Cantor’s idea is really a cynical election ploy that is going nowhere.
No president, Republican or Democrat, would allow it to happen, nor would large numbers of lawmakers in both parties.
Cantor has spoken of moving Israel’s $3 billion security assistance package to the Pentagon budget. Another proposal is putting it in a stand-alone bill.
Friends of Israel have long been the only consistent backers of foreign aid, in part because of the fear that across-the-board cuts – even if they exempted Israel – would eventually make it easier to cut all aid, including Israel’s.
I’ve heard lawmakers of both parties say, “I held my nose and voted for the bill because not to would hurt Israel.” Others support Israel’s aid because it’s the only way to get their own pet foreign aid priorities through Congress.
Cantor’s proposal is bad for Israel for several reasons.
This leftwingnut Douglas Bloomfield will criticize and find fault with anything a Republican does or says. You don’t hear a peep out of him when His Holiness Obama spews anti Israel or anti Jewish ideas around. You don’t hear a peep about any other DemoRats who are in tune with the Piece Now crowd. And he delivers his message in The Jewish Urinal, a far left Jewish-style (as in kosher-style), Hollywood newsrag that highlights the homos and anything else that is opposed to real Judaism.
Note: The editor’s wife calls herself a cantor or a rabbi. What goyish trash!!!
The whole thing is crazy. The United States of America is collapsing all over. Unemployment is going through the roof. People are homeless. Soon we are going to be hit by hyperinflation, and all people can think about is schnorring gelt for the Medinah. All foreign aid should not include helping the military industrial complex at all, and should be restricted to humanitarian aid, period. And that includes the medinah.
This guy who wrote this stupid article is a radical left wing liberal like Obama and Charlie Hall we american’s had enough of you people twisted stupid brainless ideas. Don’t care frankly what he’s opinion his. Get a life you loser!!
Eric Cantor is a true friend of Israel he’s the only jewish republican (until Nov.) How sad. We need to stop obama now and get him out of the whitehouse with jimmy carter.
#3,
Rather than engaging in namecalling, why don’t you address the points he makes? Cantor makes an interesting argument; I suspect it is a preemptive strike against the many isolationist Republicans who will be elected in a week.
good luck and blessings to cantor.to be a congressman takes a strong personality and a weak sense of smell.u no.sitting there with those politicians.
Your posting reflex the name you use for your posting , that is what are you are as a person, good choice