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From: paulb@ttidcc.UUCP (Paul Blumstein)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Fueling the Conflict in Lebanon
Message-ID: <570@ttidcc.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 18-Jul-85 16:11:24 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jul 18 16:11:24 1985
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References: <705@cadovax.UUCP> <860@ihlpg.UUCP>
Reply-To: paulb@ttidcb.UUCP (Paul Blumstein)
Organization: United Wimps of the World
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Summary: 

In article <860@ihlpg.UUCP>
 tan@ihlpg.UUCP (Bill Tanenbaum - AT&T Bell Labs - Naperville IL) writes:
>> Fact: In 1982, when Israel first invaded Lebanon, the US was providing Israel
>> with $7,000,000 per day in economic aid.  I don't know what today's figures are,
>> but they most certainly are higher.
>> 				Jeff Fields
>
>True Fact:  U. S. aid to Israel today is roughly 3 billion dollars
>per year, which is approximately $800,000 per day.  You slipped
>a decimal point.  I trust it was not deliberate.
>-- 
>Bill Tanenbaum - AT&T Bell Labs - Naperville IL  ihnp4!ihlpg!tan

Another Fact:  A large portion of this aid has been in the form of loans,
not non-returnables.  Israel has had a good track record paying back those
loans, unlike a lot of other countries we deal with.  If we had to set up
military bases in the region to protect our interests, we'd be paying a lot
of money in any case.
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