'Every Single Senator Should Be Supporting' Sanders Bid to Block Massive New Arms Sale to Israel

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Sen. Bernie Sanders said he would introduce a joint resolution to block the proposed sale of $18 billion worth of warplanes and other weaponry to Israel.

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'Every Single Senator Should Be Supporting' Sanders Bid to Block Massive New Arms Sale to Israel

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The US should block all sales of arms to other counties.
- As someone who lives in the U.S. but has never lived in a county, I agree. Only I should get fighter jets and billions of dollars in free money.
  
  You've never lived in a county? Where in the US can you live without living in a county, unincorporated towns maybe?
  
  Louisiana and DC don’t have counties.
  Edit: Alaska too, apparently. But I’ve never been there.
  
  A parish IS a county.
  
  Really? That's odd. But they probably have something similar right?
  
  Louisiana uses “Parishes” and they’re functionally equivalent. It’s based on French and Spanish rule where Catholic Church boundaries were drawn.
  DC doesn’t have counties (or congressional representation) because it’s geographically small and also a territory, not a state. (Though it’s got more people than Wyoming or Vermont, everyone pays federal taxes, etc. so it really should have Representatives and Senators if “no taxation without representation” means anything.)
  As I understand it, Alaska has “boroughs” near cities that sort of serve a similar function but much of the state is (or was) largely unpopulated so there will be a borough in the core settlement that acts like a county. Then, there’s lots of private, federal, and state lands that aren’t really inhabited and aren’t governed by the borough anyway.
  
  Very interesting thank you for explaining!
  
  Or, don’t build fighter jets 🤷‍♂️
- Russia would have completely invaded Ukraine if the US were isolationist and had a weak military. Countries with imperial ambitions like Russia and China don't just go away because the US stops military support to other countries.
  The US needs leadership that will use their military deterrence for good, not to stop supporting other democratic countries or get rid of their military. We need to keep zionists and the fascists out of office.
  
  How the fuck does China have imperial ambitions?
  
  Tankie?
- Us economy is driven by the military industrial complex. Taxpayer funded defense "aid" is given to countries, only for them to turn around and buy american weapons with said aid, thus funneling the money into private pockets. Legislature "pork" was/is notorious for kickbacks to local manufacturing plants for various military equipment. The entire scheme of "global defense" that the US has pushed over the last 70 years has been driven by the desire to monopolize military production and sales on a global scale. Sanctions are imposed on countries which otherwise agree ideologically with what the US professes are its ideals because those countries purchase arms from the US competitors, while notably hostile countries like Saudia Arabia are propped up bc they are good for business. Israel aid is given to be spent on US arms. The US doesn't give a shit how countries use their arms, as long as they're buying. Without the military industrial complex, much of the domestic economy would likewise grind to a halt. Hell, the US military is the biggest domestic employer. The system is simply not set up for a massive paradigm shift like that, though imo it's going to have to happen eventually because the current, unsustainable system is reaching it's last leg and starting to topple over.

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