cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/47506853

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.

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        18 hours ago

        The Franklin incident from the 80s was probably the same ring Epstein and maxwell took over in the 90s

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          16 hours ago

          Idk about “the same”.

          Epstein was very NY/London/Paris focused, while Franklin was run out of the Midwest. Epstein sourced a lot of his victims from the collapsed USSR block, while Franklin was pulling kids out of the US foster system.

          If I had to guess, Tom DeLay and Jack Abramoff were closer to Franklin than Epstein.

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            8 hours ago

            They only found Omaha. Epstein had zoro ranch NM as a major property. Also Florida. Seems Epstein had several recruiters. It’s the blackmail ring of theseus problem. CIA is the major constant but I’m sure some rich and powerful men carried between the two

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              CIA is the major constant but I’m sure some rich and powerful men carried between the two

              The CIA is, at it’s heart, a cartel of rich, powerful WASPy families from the 1950s

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          The fact that Epstein wasn’t replaced with a successor after his indictment seems more surprising in context, considering the criminal nature of these organizations and their desire for secrecy.

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            8 hours ago

            He or Ghislaine were smarter and setup dead man switches. Ghislane would for sure know to do so from the start