Congress is quietly making Israel a permanent pillar of US military modernization.
https://x.com/_ZachFoster/status/2061582150592299222
Congress is quietly making Israel a permanent pillar of US military modernization.
"This is a a fusing of the US and Israeli defense and technology innovation bases and once those things are together and I kind of track it in my in my article once those things become one you can't disentangle...
...the Israelis know that in the long run they cannot rely on foreign aid as it is currently structured coming to them because the next generation is rising in both parties and both sides are skeptical of Israel. So the Israelis have to be afraid that they're going to get cut off. If they do it this way though, this is a backdoor way for Israel to ensure not only it continues to receive aid through this section, but also it allows them to basically have access to our entire tech base.
"You say section 224 goes well beyond traditional forms of cooperation that we already have with Israel. You say the legislation directs the Secretary of Defense to appoint a dedicated executive agent to synchronize bilateral defense technology efforts.
That official will be tasked with identifying Israeli origin technologies that could be incorporated into US programs of record, facilitating their transition from research projects into actual procurement pipelines, and promoting industrial partnerships and co-production arrangements between American and Israeli firms.
In other words, Congress is not merely encouraging cooperation. It is directing the Pentagon to actively search for Israeli technologies that could become part of the future US military. And you paint a portrait of this integration making it very difficult if you had a future president who had a different view of the USIsrael relationship to unwind this relationship and also make it very difficult for a future Congress that may have other ideas to step back from what we are doing with regard to Israel."
full interview: youtube.com/watch?v=B6t51y
posted by Satish Sharma at
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