Peace ali,
For the most part I try to stay out of these debates...
For a simple fact. I do support the war, not to support the President or the US government, or the new Iraqi government. I dont care for the reasons that we are there.
The only reason I support the war, is because of the troops. There are Christians, muslims, and athiests, serving in the US military and they need our support beacause they are all God's childeran, away from their homes and families.
For an American to say that they dont support the war, says their not supporting our troops fighting it. For those who say "condemn the war, support our troops", their just kidding themselves.
I say this beacuse I served in Bosnia, and reagrdless of the reason for being there, I had no choice. Yet I still received the support of my people.
But ali,
as far as the funding to Isreal. They require a certain amount of funds, mainly for national defense. Those funds are based upon population, sq milage of country, and threat level.
When you look at the funds the US give to other countries, for the same purpose,(a portion of general foriegn aid goes to defense) you'll see that some countries, based on the same standards as Isreal, receive much more money than they need or deserve. And those same countries claim that they also "stand on their own".
One that comes to mind is Argetina. They claim to be a totally self suffcient country, economy and defense wise. Yet when foriegn aid budgeting comes around, the ambassador is at the ole White House kissing some Presidential Behind.
Peace and Godspeed to you all.