>>509669693>A failed state is a state that has lost its ability to fulfill fundamental security and development functions, lacking effective control over its territory and borders.That's almost every state in the region EXCEPT Israel.
Our defense budget is almost $50 billion. The military aid is like $3 billion a year. All of that "aid" goes to buying American equipment. It's a subsidy for the MIC.
Why do we receive equipment transfers? Because we know how to defend ourselves. Countries like Germany and Japan (who you wouldn't dare call failed states) have American bases to defend them because they're incapable of defending themselves.
How much is the cost of having tens of thousands of American personnel in East Asia? Tens of billions a year.
Why aren't you calling Japan a leech?
Finally, Jordan and Egypt aren't paid to tolerate Israel. They're paid so their pathetic excuse of a military can keep their insurgents under control, and so their pathetic excuse of an economy doesn't implode into a revolution because of their incompetence.
There are many voices that call for an end to US aid to Israel. Even the people who support it see it as symbolic at best.
https://www.tabletmag.com/collections/end-us-aid-israel