AMAZING VIDEO: MSNBC - Healthcare Reform And Israel

I wasn't asking about ancient history. Was asking about just prior to 1948.

Wasn't King David the one who had the husband of his mistress killed? One hell of a guy, wasn't he?

Here's a quote from Ron Paul followed by my brief application of the idea at the end:

" How does Israel, with which the United States has long enjoyed a special relationship, fit into this picture? I see no reason that our friendship cannot continue. I favor extending the same honest friendship that Jefferson and the Founding fathers urged us to offer to all nations. But that also means no special privileges like foreign aid--a position that I maintaiin vis 'a vis all other countries as well. That means I also favor discontinuing foreign aid to governments that are actual or potential enemies of Israel, which taken together, receive much more American aid than Israel does. Giving aid to both sides has understandably made many average Israelis and American Jews conclude that the American government is hypocritically hedging its bets!

I oppose all foreign aid on principle, for reason that I detail in another chapter. Foreign aid is not only immoral, since it involves the forced transfer of wealth, but is also counterproductive, as a ceaseless stream of scholarship continues to show.....

Only those with a very superficial attachment to Israel can be happy that she continues to rely on over $2,000,000,000 in American aid every year. Israel would at last be under pressure to adopt a freer economy, thereby bringing about greater prosperity for her people and making it easier to be self-reliant. Foreign aid only inhibits salutary reforms like this, reforms that any true friend of Israel is eager to see.

As a matter of fact, The Institute for for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies in Jerusalem argues that foreign aid is the greatest obstacle to to economic freedom in Israel.........

Our government has also done a disservice to Israelby effectively infringing on her sovereignty. (and none have been more guilty here, I might add, than Obama) Israel seeks American approval for any military action she deems necessary, she consults with America on matters pertaining to her own borders, and she even seeks American approval for peace talks with her own neighbors, --approval that is not always forthcoming. This needs to stop......She should once again be in control of her own destiny."----Ron Paul

Israel has every right to exist and to govern itself; it should also have the responsibility of defending itself without feeding off the redistributed wealth of our nation.