The legislation calls for nearly $1.4 trillion in defense spending and would expand Israeli influence over the US Congress and military

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The legislation calls for nearly $1.4 trillion in defense spending and would expand Israeli influence over the US Congress and military

Lawmakers in Washington are quietly moving to integrate the US and Israeli militaries in unprecedented ways, according to a clause in the 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) released earlier this week.

Section 224 of the NDAA, entitled “United States–Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative,” proposes bilateral defense research and development, co-production of weapons, joint ventures, licensing agreements, and other US-Israeli military-industrial complex cooperation.

If implemented, the initiative would “arguably do more to intertwine the US military with the Israeli military than the more than $200 billion (inflation adjusted) in military assistance Israel has received from the US since its founding in 1948,” Responsible Statecraft (RS) wrote. It is “the first step towards shifting aid further into the shadows” and “would all but fuse the two countries’ armed forces together,” RS added.

Section 224 of the NDAA calls for expanded US–Israeli coordination in the areas of defense tech, including AI, quantum, autonomous systems, directed energy, cyber, and biotech.

It also proposes “network integration” and “data fusion,” which would allow Israel to access the US military’s data.

If implemented, the measures would give the Israeli government expanded influence over the US political system. “By expanding or starting new co-production facilities like it already has in Mississippi and Arkansas, the Israeli government could boast of providing jobs on US soil, thereby securing allies among members of Congress who represent the districts where those jobs lie,” RS concluded.

  • TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.caEnglish
    22·
    3 hours ago

    Why do I get the feeling that at some point in the future we are going to have a world war against the fascist US and Israel.

  • Major_Tsiom@fedia.io
    7·
    2 hours ago

    Does anyone know why Israel has so much power? They are too small to be a world threat and don’t have the resources to really demand much. It has to be some greaseball back room shit. But what do they have?

    • orlyowl@piefed.caEnglish
      10·
      2 hours ago

      Imagine for a moment that the purpose of Epstein’s sex trafficking was to get compromising video and other evidence to use for blackmailing powerful leaders and such for Israeli intelligence.

      I don’t claim to know for sure that is true, but I feel like a great many things make more sense if it is.

    • Bogus007@lemmy.zipEnglish
      2·
      1 hour ago

      Israel has one of the strongest intelligence agencies in the world. Does Pegasus ring a bell? Actually, they may even see what you have typed on your smartphone in Lemmy.

      • Züri@lemmy.mlEnglish
        1·
        55 minutes ago

        As far everything you post on Lemmy is public. No need for spyware.

    • just2look@lemmy.zipEnglish
      6·
      2 hours ago

      They have been involved in bribery of world leaders for decades, they have a PAC that is deeply embedded in US politics, and they have invested heavily in intelligence collection (HUMINT and SIGINT), including gathering and creating compromising information about key individuals.

  • soratoyuki@piefed.zipEnglish
    591·
    4 hours ago

    There can’t be many examples in history of an empire being cucked by it’s own client state, but here we are.

    • Hegar@fedia.io
      3·
      2 hours ago

      The Medes were the pre-eminent indo-iranian group for a bunch of the iron age.

      They were integral to the grand alliance that finally brought down the Assyrian Empire, after similar alliances had formed and been defeated. The Median Empire took over huge chunks of the defeated empire and their name was so well known that even in the Persian Wars, the Greeks referred to joining the Persian Empire as Medizing.

      Speaking of, one of the subordinate tribes in the Median Empire’s coalition was a minor regional player that today we call the Persians…

  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    4 hours ago

    Section 224 of the NDAA calls for expanded US–Israeli coordination in the areas of defense tech, including AI, quantum, autonomous systems, directed energy, cyber, and biotech.

    Cool. We’re all getting in on the same set of contractor scams.

    • Zaktor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      4·
      4 hours ago

      Previously the US government was only going to be scammed by US companies. In this plan, they’ll also be scammed by Israeli companies, which if my mall kiosk experience is accurate, are already extremely proficient at scamming.