Israel is in trouble. Once again their mouth has written another check that their backsides can't cash. Bravado and excessive testosterone have been trumped by a whole host of unconsidered realities now coming back like chickens to roost. Should we be surprised? Judging by their past actions and a nagging inability to listen and heed a good word in due season, Israel 's actions are as predictable as day and night.
Are we to be held captive to the continuous folly of the Israeli government's mindset? God is clearly telling Israel will be like a knife twisting in our backs until He returns and takes His throne to rule over the nations. Does that mean we sit back and let Israel hold the world hostage? As Christians, we are commanded to not only to confront, but to fight evil, suited up for battle in the Armor of God, so my guess is no, we are not to turn a blind eye and pretend we don't see the elephant on the couch.
Please understand what I'm actually saying: there is nothing wrong, anti-semitic or racist to question governmental policies and their impact. When you attack a person due to their nationality or religion, then you are no longer arguing the issue – you are spearheading a direct assault against the individual, which conveniently sidelines the original discussion in the total absence of facts.
But the fact is Israel 's big mouth wrote a check its butt can't cash this time around, and the world knows it. What secret information do I possess to make such a lofty and brazen claim? I could claim I'm channeling Johnny Carson's “The Great Karnack”, but the reality is most of these stories have been unobtrusively reported in various media outlets. My job is to gather those factual elements and put them together into a coherent piece of work as to illustrate my point. So come with me while we explore the finer points of “Bounced Checkgate”.
Haaretz reported on August 30, 2006 the Israeli Defense Ministry was demanding a NIS 19.2 billion increase ($4.37 b) , but recently their budget had been examined and it was determined they could afford a $350 million cut in military spending over the next five years. Right off the bat, one has to ask how they go from a position of a viable reduction to requiring such an infusion of cash. Generally speaking, the article has little value except for one line that's buried in the story: “ Israel has promised the U.S. it would not exceed its spending limits. ” Spending limits?! United Piggy Bank of America ?
This has me wondering exactly how much foreign aid Israel receives from the United States . For argument's sake, let's say Israel receives $2.5 billion in support from us but requires $6 billion a year in various expenditures to meet their needs. If we look at the history of our government and its unnatural love in terms of “off the book” military programs where the expense of these secret operations are “hidden” under some other indescribable line item in the national budget, who's to say (and I admit this is conjecture on my part) that the Israeli national budget isn't fully funded under multiple generic line items? What a frightening thought!
“ At the time of the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in September 2001 according to the Government Accounting Office (GAO), Pentagon had incurred $3.4 trillion of ‘undocumentable transactions,' that is to say that there were $3.4 trillion worth of financial transactions for which there was no discernible purpose. ”
The reality is, EVERY transaction can be properly accounted for according to generally accepted accounting practices – unless you're the government. One can hide Israel 's entire operating budget in the $3.4 trillion with room to spare, and no one would be the wiser.
Any administration wouldn't have to be sneaky about it; the federal government has been keeping two sets of books
and pulling an Enron style game with Joe Q. Taxpayer for quite awhile, hiding the true state of our economy. The deficit situation becomes more abysmal as you take into account the rumored amount of
the black budget exceeds one trillion dollars . $1,000,000,000,000+. Let that sink into your brain for a moment…I'll wait. Why do I mention “rumor”? Well, even though this is Cold War stuff we're talking about and for the average American that ended in the early 1990's, the programs have not shut down. Those involved in the programs argue strenuously the release of such information could “hurt” them. I can't see how – what are a few million angry taxpayers?
