03-22-2013, 07:08 PM
sam.. 'foreign aid' is actually a nicely inexpensive way to accomplish two things,
1- Employ American companies (lots of it goes to purchases that must use American companies. Especially weapons deals).
2- Provide politico/military buffers against anti-American and anti-peace forces in the region without direct involvement of US personnel. Start tossing smart bombs, and that $200M will evaporate like a snowball in the sahara. Heck.. $200 M is the cost of firing off about 50 cruise missiles.
1- Employ American companies (lots of it goes to purchases that must use American companies. Especially weapons deals).
2- Provide politico/military buffers against anti-American and anti-peace forces in the region without direct involvement of US personnel. Start tossing smart bombs, and that $200M will evaporate like a snowball in the sahara. Heck.. $200 M is the cost of firing off about 50 cruise missiles.