Comments on: Israellycool In China

By: mzk1

mzk1 — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 20:45:38 +0000

loan

By: mzk1

mzk1 — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 20:45:18 +0000

I assume we pay for the F-16′s, unless it’s “military aid”. Anyway, I was asking the other guy; I wanted some actual facts instead of the usual distorted stuff in the press.

I recall the load guarantees business. Turns out that we had to pay to make up for the charge against the budget, so at the end of the day, it was a net gain for the US.

By: Jim from Iowa

Jim from Iowa — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 10:41:30 +0000

Who do you think paid for Iron Dome? And if you get F-16′s instead of cash, that still counts as aid. You’re Israel, not Chad. We’re not sending you containers of cottage cheese to feed starving Israelis. And if you’re addicted to that Isaeli hazlenut confecton whose name escapes me, you’re paying for that with your own money.

By: mzk1

mzk1 — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 09:05:36 +0000

I would rather think the Chinese are 5000-year-old barbarians.

By: mzk1

mzk1 — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 09:04:44 +0000

Could you be specific as to the current aid breakdown?

I know the “economic aid” was simply the US not charging us for what we still owe from 1973.

By: mzk1

mzk1 — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 09:03:28 +0000

I would say we’re more the battered wife, the one who thinks “he really loves her”.

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By: milandroid

milandroid — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 07:38:48 +0000

As a non-ruling-elite Chinese citizen I can verify, it’s true very few Chinese people know much about Israel. And those who votes in UN absolutely doesn’t represent common Chinese people’s opinion because the whole government doesn’t

By: Brian of London

Brian of London — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 00:51:13 +0000

Wifi was not free, my Chinese sim card’s reception was patchy (though comparatively cheap for 70Meg of data) and of course it blocked twitter and facebook. I used the public terminals to check important emails a few times.

BTW I have two factor authentication set up so I need a code from my iPhone to log in each time otherwise I never would have done such a rash thing as punch my password into a public computer in China.

By: Jim from Iowa

Jim from Iowa — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 22:01:14 +0000

To tell you the truth, I’ve always thought of Israel as our unruly kid brother. You know, the kid with the tousled hair, a slight but endearing gap between his front teeth, and ears that stick out just a bit too much. But we didn’t adopt you for your looks. Face it, you’re stuck with us. But I promise we won’t try to convert you to the Mormon faith even if Romeny wins the election.