$205 Million in Addition to Billions in Military Aid Already Provided
by Jason Ditz,
May 20, 2010
Despite moving at a snail’s pace on most policy decisions, the
Obama Administration was still able to muster surprising alacrity when
it came down to providing Israel with additional money.
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Howard Berman said the vote
was vital, citing “
the
looming threat of a nuclear-armed Iran.” Of course it could be
pointed out yet again that America’s own National Intelligence Estimate
shows Iran having no such program, but in this case it doesn’t even
matter.
The Iron Dome system is intended for “
very
short range” rocket fire, primarily the intermittent rockets from
the Gaza Strip that hit open fields in southern Israel, and would be
completely useless against any missile from as far away as Iran, nuclear
or otherwise.
The four Representatives voting against the resolution were John Conyers (D – MI), Dennis Kucinich (D – OH), Ron Paul (R – TX), and Pete
Stark (D – CA)..
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