Abridged from source.

They're welding our military to Israel's… permanently

Nathan Thompson

Just Foreign Policy: 12 Jul 2026

https://www.justforeignpolicy.org

Buried in this year's $1.5 trillion National Defense Authorization Act is a provision called the "United States-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative." It would have the U.S. and Israel co-produce weapons, coordinate AI technology for war, and meld together the U.S. and Israeli military-industrial complexes.[1] Its backers tucked it into a bill hundreds of pages long, hoping the public would never notice.

We noticed.

Here's what it means in human terms: while Israel commits genocidal violence in Gaza and Lebanon, Congress wants to make American factories, American engineers, and American tax dollars a permanent, legally-binding part of the machine doing the killing.

The measure would also gut government oversight of military support for Israel:

Making an already opaque relationship even harder to see into. More weapons, built faster, with less scrutiny… that means more bombs falling on apartment blocks, more children pulled from rubble, more families erased.

And understand this: once the two war machines are welded together – shared production lines, shared research, shared AI targeting systems – it will be nearly IMPOSSIBLE to undo. Defense contracts and co-production agreements lock in for decades. Future presidents and future Congresses will inherit a military merger they never voted for and can't unwind.

11 hours ago, unblocktheplanet said:

Abridged from source.

They're welding our military to Israel's… permanently

Nathan Thompson

Just Foreign Policy: 12 Jul 2026

https://www.justforeignpolicy.org

Buried in this year's $1.5 trillion National Defense Authorization Act is a provision called the "United States-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative." It would have the U.S. and Israel co-produce weapons, coordinate AI technology for war, and meld together the U.S. and Israeli military-industrial complexes.[1] Its backers tucked it into a bill hundreds of pages long, hoping the public would never notice.

We noticed.

Here's what it means in human terms: while Israel commits genocidal violence in Gaza and Lebanon, Congress wants to make American factories, American engineers, and American tax dollars a permanent, legally-binding part of the machine doing the killing.

The measure would also gut government oversight of military support for Israel:

Making an already opaque relationship even harder to see into. More weapons, built faster, with less scrutiny… that means more bombs falling on apartment blocks, more children pulled from rubble, more families erased.

And understand this: once the two war machines are welded together – shared production lines, shared research, shared AI targeting systems – it will be nearly IMPOSSIBLE to undo. Defense contracts and co-production agreements lock in for decades. Future presidents and future Congresses will inherit a military merger they never voted for and can't unwind.

After WW2, Eisenhower was elected President. His parting words were: We have now build up a massive military might. Part of our nation. The might of this military power might find it's way into politics, possibly circumventing "democratic processes" eventually. Over.

Yes. The House version of the FY2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which authorizes roughly $1.5 trillion in national defense activities, includes a provision titled the “United States–Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative.” In the bill, this is Section 219 (it was originally Section 224 during committee markup).

The provision would direct the Secretary of Defense to establish an initiative to expand U.S.-Israel cooperation in areas such as:

• Joint research, development, testing, and evaluation of defense technologies.

• Artificial intelligence, quantum technologies, cybersecurity, autonomous systems, robotics, and other emerging military technologies.

• Technology integration and transition into military procurement.

• Industrial cooperation, including frameworks for joint ventures, licensing agreements, and U.S.-based manufacturing partnerships with Israeli industry.

• Coordination among U.S. defense organizations (such as DARPA, the Missile Defense Agency, the Defense Innovation Unit, and military services) and their Israeli counterparts.

• Expanded information sharing and joint training exercises.

The language builds on existing U.S.-Israel defense cooperation, which already includes missile defense programs such as Iron Dome, David’s Sling, and Arrow, as well as anti-tunnel and counter-drone research. Similar authorities have existed in prior legislation, although this proposal would broaden cooperation into emerging technologies and defense industrial collaboration.

The proposal has generated disagreement over its implications:

• Supporters argue it strengthens a longstanding strategic alliance, accelerates development of advanced military technologies, and helps both countries address threats from adversaries such as Iran.

• Critics argue it would deepen institutional and industrial integration between the U.S. and Israeli defense establishments beyond previous arrangements, raising concerns about oversight, foreign policy independence, and the degree of long-term military entanglement.

Some online posts characterize the provision as “merging the U.S. and Israeli militaries.” The legislative text itself does not merge the two militaries or place one under the other’s command. Rather, it establishes and expands mechanisms for cooperation in defense technology, research, industrial partnerships, and information sharing. Whether that constitutes an appropriate level of integration is a matter of political debate rather than a description found in the bill itself.

what do you care, except as part of your sick campaign against your betters, the "jews". you arent american.

i am and israel saves american lives daily. great ally, far better than the eurotrash that leech and give back nothing

10 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

i am and israel saves american lives daily

How many American lives would be saved if the US disassociated itself from the Middle East altogether and withdrew all support for everyone in the region? Let them duke it out and to the victor go the spoils? The Israelis are clever,industrious people but do they have what it takes to defeat their enemies without American welfare payments? Many people would love to sit back and watch it play out.

12 minutes ago, flaming dragon said:

The Israelis are clever,industrious people but do they have what it takes to defeat their enemies without American welfare payments

absolutely.

our military needs them though. so whats welfare and whats a benefit to us

23 hours ago, Yagoda said:

absolutely.

our military needs them though. so whats welfare and whats a benefit to us

The US gives Israel several billion USD every year as a line item in the federal budget. That and the other perks make it a considerable money sink.

1 hour ago, flaming dragon said:

The US gives Israel several billion USD every year as a line item in the federal budget. That and the other perks make it a considerable money sink.

source?

what do we get in return?

The tentacles of the Zionists wrap tightly around the US body politic. We need to blow torch them off. One is hopeful with the shift in voter opinion of Israel and the number of pro-Palestinian anti-genocide candidates leading in the polls, that the tide will turn.

Before that, though, this pernicious bill has to be stopped. Trouble is the only group with their grip on Trump's balls more painful than the mullahs, ironically is the Zionists.

14 minutes ago, Autocan said:

The tentacles of the Zionists wrap tightly around the US body politic. We need to blow torch them off. One is hopeful with the shift in voter opinion of Israel and the number of pro-Palestinian anti-genocide candidates leading in the polls, that the tide will turn.

History

Before that, though, this pernicious bill has to be stopped. Trouble is the only group with their grip on Trump's balls more painful than the mullahs, ironically is the Zionists.

Tentacles?
The above is a classic example of racist Jew hating rhetoric using the word Zionist as a cover.

Edited July 20Jul 20 by Jingthing

23 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Tentacles?
The above is a classic example of racist Jew hating rhetoric using the word Zionist as a cover.

It's an amazing conspiracy theory that people claim a small group of people controls the entire world.

1 hour ago, Yagoda said:

source?

what do we get in return?

https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/RL/PDF/RL33222/RL33222.51.pdf?pubDate=20250907

Israel is the largest cumulative recipient of U.S. foreign assistance since World War II.

Successive Administrations, working with Congress, have provided Israel with assistance

reflective of robust domestic U.S. support for Israel and its security; shared strategic goals in the

Middle East; and historical ties dating from U.S. support for the creation of Israel in 1948. To

date, the United States has provided Israel $174 billion (current, or non-inflation-adjusted,

dollars) in bilateral assistance and missile defense funding.

Over the last two decades, including during Israel’s ongoing conflict with Hamas, American public attitudes toward Israel as

expressed in public-opinion polling have shifted somewhat when compared to previous eras. Though lawmakers continue to

vote in favor of U.S. assistance to Israel, there have been calls from some political and ideological groups to reevaluate the

long-standing U.S.-Israeli assistance relationship.

In 2016, the U.S. and Israeli governments signed their third 10-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on military aid,

covering FY2019 to FY2028. Under the terms of the MOU, the United States pledged to provide—subject to congressional

appropriation—$38 billion in military aid ($33 billion in Foreign Military Financing (FMF) grants plus $5 billion in missile

defense appropriations) to Israel. While negotiations over the next MOU have yet to start, U.S. and Israeli experts and

government officials have already started to formulate proposals to shape future U.S.-Israeli military cooperation.

As for your question of "what you get in return?"

Loads of disapproval.

https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2025/06/gap_2025_06_11_us-image-2025_01_01.png?w=620

Edited July 20Jul 20 by Jeff the Chef

11 minutes ago, Jeff the Chef said:

As for your question of "what you get in return?"

Loads of disapproval

from you neo national socialists seeking to finish the job

16 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

from you neo national socialists seeking to finish the job

Forget about facts, just find someone/something to blame for US shortcomings, bless.

3 minutes ago, Jeff the Chef said:

Forget about facts, just find someone/something to blame for US shortcomings, bless.

blame? shortcomings? im smoking a fine cigar watching you grow ever more deranged in your jew obsession.

10 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

blame? shortcomings? im smoking a fine cigar watching you grow ever more deranged in your jew obsession.

Great, enjoy, smoking damages your health you know.

5 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Tentacles?
The above is a classic example of racist Jew hating rhetoric using the word Zionist as a cover.

How dare you use my ex-mil's likeness to slander me? This is war Jingthing, war.

7 hours ago, Yagoda said:

source?

what do we get in return?

It came as a surprise to me as well. The amount is easy enough to find. I'm neither American nor Israeli and have no dog in the fight aside from at the gas pump.