[Sowsunese]

By your definition, China is First World.

[abubycera]

I can't recall the last time we had an anti-Mexican race riot in the United States. I'm just saying.

[LianneForbess]

But why we give so much aid to a developed first world country is bizarre.

Seriously? It's bizarre?

Israel is a friendly country, that is willing to help us out with our dirty work, for a price. We pay that price. They do our dirty work. Giving them money isn't bizarre, it's based in a long historical tradition of subsidizing allies. Prussia and Austria were "first world" countries during the Napoleonic Wars, and they were given huge piles of cash to help the British fight the French. It's how things have always been done.

[pongeystrhjst]

gribbler, i guess you are sitting on a stick. move to another place if it hurts that much.

[TypeTeasiaDer]

Mossad kills Iranian scientists on our behalf, doesn't it?

[GutleNus]

Right, and the Austrians and Prussians hated the French. But they still took the Brits money. Israel's anti-Iranian activities are subsidized by the United States. Our subsidies aren't there to persuade them to act, they're to offset the expense. Israel needs tremendous sums of money to maintain their military dominance in the region. That's most of what we send them, money for jets and tanks and walls.

[JohnVK]

We have a powerful proxy in a contentious area. It's not that hard to fathom.

[gooseCile]

There are perks to being a vassal of America.

[Anteneprorid]

Please explain how someone whose username was the name of a Nazi would find any of this objectionable. Is it because they're Jews?

[Unoloknovagog]

Mossad kills Iranian scientists on our behalf, doesn't it?

Mossad kills Iranians scientists on their own behalf, not ours.

[skiboyx]

I'm still not sure why deporting illegal aliens is a terrible thing. As I said it should be done via the legal process and anyone taking part in mob violence needs to have the full force of the law come down on them but in and of itself enforcing immigration laws doesn't seem to make Albert's case.

[baronaaba]

Most national identities are racial identities other than a few historically multicultural societies.