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In reply to the discussion: A reminder to think before you speak - Israel and Palestine edition [View all]truedelphi
(32,324 posts)We are siding with the concept that children need to grow up in peace.
Be they Palestinian children, Syrian children, Iraqi children, or whomever.
We also find it deplorable that tens of billions of US tax dollars have gone into helping Israel have the weaponry they possess. Every single dead Palestinian toddler represents half a million Americans who might have benefited from some of those dollars going into local HeadStart programs, or monies to shore up the failing infra structure..
My community struggled these past months to find $ 40,000 to repair a local swimming pool. But our nation spends over 5 million bucks a day to help keep its ally Israel strong and well equipped with all the latest baby killing machinery.
But hey, it is all good. The DOW is over 16,000 in part due to how much gets spent on equipment to kill people, surveil people, etc.
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/07/31/world-condemns-attack-gaza-us-resupplies-israel-weapons