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Re:Israel, Cyprus and Greece agree to link power grids via s... by megaman821 on Monday March 08, 2021 @09:45AM (#26386288)
My understanding is most the aid given to Israel is spent on American military equipment. Israel is ok with it because they get free military equipment, and the US likes it because it funnels aid money to the military.
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Re:Israel, Cyprus and Greece agree to link power grids via s... by ceejayoz on Monday March 08, 2021 @10:02AM (#26386458)
The US also likes the live testbed for anti-insurgency tech.
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Re:Israel, Cyprus and Greece agree to link power grids via s... by underdeserver on Monday March 08, 2021 @11:40AM (#26387751)
Defense contractors, surely, not the US military?
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Re:Israel, Cyprus and Greece agree to link power grids via s... by JumpCrisscross on Monday March 08, 2021 @11:52AM (#26387952)
> Defense contractors, surely, not the US military?

Both. We get allied assets in the region. We also get purchasing volume for military hardware, which feeds R&D budgets for things we want.

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