Quote from dddooo:
LOL, your "little satan" theory must be falling apart right in front of your eyes if you have to resort to this ridiculous nonsense. Oh the desperation... You just can't stand the fact that Israel is a prosperous liberal democracy, that they have turned a desert into a garden and that you support medieval theocratic fundamentalists who have contributed nothing to humanity in the last 1000 years.
-People in Israel are better off not only compared to the Palestinians, they are better off compared to all arab nations including oil-rich countries like Iraq and Saudi Arabia, in fact the Israelis are better off than quite a number of developed Europeans countries - Spain, Portugal etc.
-"Massive" US aid to Israel started in 1974 - 33 (not 60+) years ago, prior to that Israel was getting pennies.
-Massive US aid to Egypt started at the same time, yet Israel is a prosperous democracy while Egypt is still a shithole.
-The aid came with a lot of strings attached and was mostly spent on american weaponry needed to defend Israel.
-The aid never constituted more than 1-2% of Israel's GDP which, while quite substantial and helpful, could not possibly be the only or even the primary factor of Israel's economic miracle.
How are things over at the AIPAC ? Are you guys going to get Obama elected?