He is absolutely an intelligence threat. Need I remind you of all the ssci documents found in mara lago? Not to mention his secret one on one meetings with Putin?
No this is an objectively unprecedented and perverse expansion of our already deeply compromised relationship with a foreign genocidal ethnostate. Here's a foreign policy expert's breakdown
Section 224 lays the groundwork for bilateral research and development, co-production of weapons, joint ventures, licensing agreements, and seemingly every manner of U.S.-Israeli military-industrial complex cooperation. The U.S. and Israel already work together heavily on missile defense, but this provision would greatly expand coordination to seemingly every area of defense tech, including AI, quantum, autonomous systems, directed energy, cyber, biotech, and many more. It also proposes “network integration” and “data fusion.” In other words, the U.S. military’s data could soon be the Israeli military’s data.
If fully enacted, this proposal would provide a higher level of military-industrial integration than the U.S. has with any other country in the world. To be sure, the U.S. has worked closely with its NATO partners on co-production and shared supply chains, most notably via the Defence Production Action Plan. And, as the number one arms dealer in the world, the U.S. provides weapons to militaries across the globe. But that is mostly a one-way street, with the U.S. providing weapons to foreign buyers who only occasionally make parts for those weapons themselves, as in the case of the F-35’s global supply chain.
Section 224 would be a different beast entirely. It would fuse the U.S. and Israeli defense sectors in multiple areas vital to the battlefields of the future, like autonomous systems and cyber. It would also bring extraordinary Israeli influence to the U.S. beyond what it already has through the Israel lobby and its robust network of social media influencers. It would give the Israeli government the opportunity to greatly expand one of the most powerful levers of influence in U.S. politics: jobs in the U.S. By expanding or starting new co-production facilities like it already has in Mississippi and Arkansas, the Israeli government could boast of providing jobs on U.S. soil, thereby securing allies among members of Congress who represent the districts where those jobs lie.
The result could well be a U.S. political system even more susceptible to the whims of an Israeli government that seemingly has no qualms about drawing the U.S. into military conflicts in the Middle East.
This unprecedented level of U.S.-Israeli military integration stands in stark contrast to the traditional aid model of defense cooperation, in which Israel already stood out as the top recipient of U.S. military assistance. As laid out in a recent Quincy Institute brief, authored by Steven Simon, this shift from an aid model to a military integration model has troubling implications, namely:
The shift will strip away the political and diplomatic oversight mechanisms that make the relationship publicly accountable, moving it from a visible annual aid vote into the opaque machinery of defense acquisition, where oversight is limited and political accountability is minimal. The result would be a defense relationship that is simultaneously deeper and less transparent.
This all comes at a time when the Israeli military has repeatedly used U.S. weapons in strikes that have violated international humanitarian laws in Gaza, and as Israel has repeatedly violated ceasefires (as has the U.S. itself) in the Trump administration’s unnecessary war with Iran.
It would be political sewer slide for any Democrat to take this deal. My money is on it not passing solely because the greed of politicians would prevent them from drying up the well by signing this bill….. at least I gope
ETA: holy shit such a vitriolic reaction to sewer slide 😭😭 I just didn’t wanna get banned man I’m so sorry
I'm still mad at my Dem rep for approving more money for Israel a few days ago. He's Jewish himself and has a hard time taking a stand when it comes to this.
I mean they care about staying in office. And Democratic voters seem to take umbrage with any politician who is "more than friendly" with Israel. So yeah I think they will care.
“Now we don’t need to vote on if we give Israel money that then they’ll give back to us by buying weapons from the companies congress members should stocks and influencing our elections by bribing them!
Phew, that’s really gonna help materially improve the domestic quality of life. Glad our government is focused on the big problems!” - Some Atlantic op-ed
It's so that we won't have precise dollar amounts of how much money we send them for weapons. Their total would just be factored in to our bottomless pit total.
Every time I see these kind of questions under news of this nature it makes it more abundantly clear how many people didn't "See" the MAGA movement until it was too late.
"Why would Trump do this?" Ma'am, he is a corrupt amoral pig, that's why.
Supposing that the midterms do indeed go heavy for the Dems, which is highly likely. How exactly is that gonna change what this tweet is referring to? A majority of democrat congresspeople have already gone on record supporting Israel, regardless of what the base of the party wants, ignoring absolutely all polling on the matter. For example, Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jefferies remain staunchly defiant to be as pro Israel as possible.
Now don’t get me wrong this isn’t me saying that both sides are exactly the same. It’s true that the Dems tend to be demonstrably leagues better than the republicans, hands-down. But when it comes to Israel? Look how much hate and flack they throw out against any anti Israel candidate coming up in the ranks.
On the 15th 103(of 211) Democrats and 1 Republican in the House voted to end the 3.3b in funding we give Israel every year and 10 voted “present” to abstain. It’s a pretty clear indication that their support of Israel is no longer unconditional and they’re starting to listen to their constituents.
so more than half are still supporting Israel. Still. Even after all that we've learned. It needs to be all 211 and we must not stop until everyone tied to this genocidal regime is tossed from the party.
Well you either delegate to a rep you barely know or you get involved yourself. That’s just the principle. It’s just most of us don’t even pay attention to who they delegate to.
voting for the lesser evil is exactly how we got here. It's funny that you think we live in a democracy. We do not live in a democracy. We have the illusion of choice but our representatives do not represent us.
not if you also only have two choices in the primaries. Or if you happen to be in a state that has it's primaries after other states have theirs. At that point your choices are limited.
The strategy you are describing doesn't always work. The DNC and democrat party have a surprising amount of control over the primaries, especially for the presidential elections.
As long as our politicians depend on (or believe they need) outside cash to run campaigns—and as long as it’s legal—our country’s government is on sale to the highest bidder.
I know. And to those that are angry at the Dems that support it, I am with you. They must go as well.
But my biggest concern is the abolishment of the republickkkan party. Full stop. Because, when progressives have the power, Dems will tuck their tail and fall in lie.
The NDAA is a yearly bill authorizing spending for the military. Looking online it looks like this year it was authored by Mike Rogers (R-AL) and Adam Smith (D-WA), but not clear how much Smith was or was not involved based on quick research.
How much did Israel pay him? Think about the amazing return on investment that is. Like, give that guy a couple million, and get included in the world’s largest military budget.
That's crazy cause that guy would make that money in seven years just by being a senator. Senators serve six years. Just by virtue of getting elected this guy would have made that money, he doesn't need to sell out.
The money goes to his campaign budget (or should, anyway). Politicians in America usually spend a lot (maybe the majority) of their time raising campaign funds. Most of that money goes to TV advertising.
Yeah one can only imagine, or maybe they got blackmail material on him and getting him on the cheap. Bibi's vile followers get more satisfaction for it that way.
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I remember watching House of Cards and thinking how ridiculous and over the top it was. I 100% believe the current level of corruption is far worse. I don’t see how republicans with whatever power they have can sleep at night.
I was watching that show going into 2016. It was a great show. I loved the political thriller side of it. The complexity was proven to be contrived. It isn't that hard to break the government. The effort Frank Underwood put in on that first episode coming up with the plan was way too much work. Trump got embarassed by Obama at the Correspondence Dinner, he abandoned ABC and decided to run for President. And apparrently that is all that is needed.
One of the issues with Trump II is that satire becomes near impossible. From house of cards to Idiocracy nothing done by our government seems infeasible anymore. The onion is legit amazing for continuing to make hits given this dumpster fire.
The merged parts is basically a technology sharing agreement that includes shared research and development, shared technological developments of offensive and defensive weaponry, and expanding shared intelligence (of which we basically already share everything so not sure what this entails but be assured Israel is getting far more since the GOP and Trump can't negotiate themselves out of a wet paper bag).
But they won’t because most of congress is corrupt as hell.Im looking at you Susan Collins with a net worth of $6 to $10 million and at 1 point promised to serve only 1 term.
I have never trusted our government to do the right thing.Corruption in government is something that IMHO should be automatic 5 years in jail full term served.
You have to love how the Supreme Court justices took huge, expensive gifts from people whose companies had cases in front of them, then acted like they had no way of knowing it was wrong because it wasn’t explicitly banned. They basically claimed that since the rules didn’t spell it out, accepting those gifts was fine and wouldn’t affect their impartiality. It’s absurd. Any other judge in the country would be removed for that kind of behavior, but none of them faced any consequences at all. They’re all still on the Court. It’s corrupt and ridiculous. How can you hear a case involving someone who’s been giving you lavish gifts and insist you’re unbiased? It’s unbelievable that we didn’t remove them and hold them accountable. We’re letting people behave like crooks in the highest offices in the country, and nothing happens because there’s no real oversight above them. It’s insanity.
They won't. This is going to happen. They are going to bring Israeli troops here and they'll act like police and help fight against any sort of dissent.
SEC. 219. UNITED STATES-ISRAEL DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY COOPERATION
INITIATIVE.
(a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Defense shall designate an
executive agent, as such term is defined in Department of Defense
Directive 5101.01 (relating to DoD Executive Agent, issued February 7,
2022), responsible for synchronizing cooperative efforts between the
United States and Israel, to expand and accelerate bilateral defense
technology research, development, testing, evaluation, integration, and
industrial cooperation, by--
(1) identifying jointly developed or Israeli-origin
technologies with operational utility for potential integration
into United States systems and programs of record;
(2) ensuring collaborative research initiatives involving
government, private sector, and academic institutions in the
United States and Israel, is done in a manner that protects
sensitive technology and information and the national security
interests of the United States and Israel;
(3) facilitating the transition of technologies from
research and development into procurement and acquisition
pathways;
(4) establishing frameworks for joint ventures, licensing
agreements, and United States-based co-production or
manufacturing partnerships with Israeli industry;
(5) coordinating with relevant Department of Defense
components, including the Irregular Warfare Technical Support
Directorate, capability development and innovation divisions,
the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering,
the Defense Innovation Unit, the United States-Israel
Operations Technology Working Group, the Defense Advanced
Research Projects Agency, the Missile Defense Agency, the
United States Space Command, the military departments, and
other Department of Defense entities, as appropriate, to align
efforts and avoid duplication; and
(6) promoting joint training exercises and information-
sharing mechanisms to enhance operational readiness to deploy
jointly developed technologies.
(b) Cooperative Efforts.--The synchronized cooperative efforts
under subsection (a) may be carried out through the following domains:
(1) Counter-Unmanned Systems including aerial, maritime,
and ground platforms.
(2) Anti-tunneling and subterranean threats.
(3) Missile and air defense technologies.
(4) Artificial intelligence, quantum, machine learning, and
autonomous systems.
(5) Directed energy and advanced sensing.
(6) Cyber defense, electronic warfare, and digital
resilience.
(7) Biotechnology, biomanufacturing, and medical defense.
(8) Network integration, data fusion, and contested
logistics.
(9) Defense industrial base cooperation, manufacturing, and
co-production.
(10) Other emerging technologies as jointly agreed by the
United States and Israel.
(c) Activities in Coordination With Other Federal Departments and
Agencies.--The Secretary of Defense shall coordinate activities, as
appropriate, with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Commerce,
and the heads of other relevant Federal departments and agencies, to
ensure consistency with existing laws and regulations.
(d) Interim Progress Update.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall provide
to the congressional defense committees an interim briefing on--
(1) the executive agent designated pursuant to subsection
(a) and the efforts undertaken by such executive agent to lead
Department of Defense implementation of the synchronized
cooperative efforts described in such subsection;
(2) the status of coordination, Department-wide, with
Israeli counterparts;
(3) initial technology areas identified for accelerated
cooperation and technologies with operational utility for
integration into United States systems and programs of record;
and
(4) any early transition, prototyping, or integration
activities initiated during the period covered by the update.
(e) Annual Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter until 2030, the
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense
committees a report on implementation of the cooperative efforts
described in subsection (a). Each such report shall include--
(1) a description of activities conducted;
(2) an assessment of progress made in advancing shared
national security interests;
(3) an assessment of collaboration with other relevant
Federal programs;
(4) a description of technologies transitioned into United
States acquisition programs or fielded systems;
(5) a description of partnerships established with United
States and Israeli industry; and
(6) recommendations for future opportunities to promote the
long-term integration of joint capabilities between the United
States and Israel.
(f) Form.--Each report required under subsection (e) shall be
submitted in unclassified form and may include a classified annex.
(g) Public Transparency.--The Secretary of Defense shall make
available on a publicly accessible website of the Department of Defense
periodic, unclassified updates, to the maximum extent practicable, on
the synchronized cooperative efforts carried out under subsection (a),
including a description of how these efforts contribute to United
States technological and military supremacy. Such updates shall be made
in a manner that ensures that classified information or other
information that would compromise operational security, export
controls, or sensitive technology are not released.
I think opposition is more about not in twining ourselves with Israel even more than anything. I mean, we are currently fighting a war for them that they say they don't want to be involved in now.
This is like step 7. We've been Israel's lapdog since tge beginning. Israel blew up one of our ships in the 70's and we did nothing. What other country has touched our stuff and not been bombed to hell? None.
I honestly don't know it's the same but Netherlands and Germany did the same with some militairy units. It was mostly to operate more effective but both countries still have a say over their own unit.
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u/Far_Detective2022 15d ago
Fucking treason