The bills amount to a $95 billion aid package in total.

The House on Saturday passed a $95 billion aid package that includes two long-awaited bills with $60.8 billion of Ukraine aid and $26 billion in aid to Israel.

The Ukraine bill, which passed with 311 votes in favor, 112 votes against, and one present, will now head to the Senate alongside the Israel aid bill and two others — one with aid for Taiwan and another that forces Tiktok’s parent company to sell it.

    • crossover@lemmy.world
      417·
      8 months ago

      The realpolitik answer is that they’re the only country in the region with highly functioning western-style market economy. That is valuable to other functioning western style market economies. Its a system trying to help itself propagate.

    • FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today
      61·
      8 months ago

      I guess shells are in high demand, currently. I don’t expect much but I hope the Senate votes it down or removes the majority of the Israel aid package. Currently it’s about 12 Billion USD worth of various support in addition to 14 Billion “Unconditional Military Support” while dealing with Iran.

      If I had to rationalize it, I expect they simply want to give the bare minimum to avoid requiring sending soldiers to invade Iran directly. In my opinion, we’d be justified to “invade” Israel and oust the Netanyahu administration, solving the entire problem a lot cheaper.

      • shikitohno@lemm.ee
        41·
        8 months ago

        If I had to rationalize it, I expect they simply want to give the bare minimum to avoid requiring sending soldiers to invade Iran directly.

        Nah, the bare minimum to avoid sending soldiers to Iran is whatever it costs to send Israel a message saying “Lol, get fucked.”

        Israel has made their bed, let them lie in it now. I really don’t see the US being able to sell an invasion of Iran at this point.