More odd email:
In your recent Washington Post article regarding Israel's application for $10B in load guarantees, you observed that Israel has never defaulted on a loan. This statement is profoundly deceptive. In fact, it would be very difficult for Israel to default on a U.S. loan because such loans are routinely forgiven, i.e. converted into outright grants.
If you are covering the aid relationship between the U.S, and Israel, you should review the history of this relationship in sufficient detail to be aware of its nature before attempting to interpret current events. Another bit of interesting context which you do not cover is the rate of U.S. expenditure per Israeli citizen per year, including the costs of interest on the U.S. Federal debt.
Of course the billions in aid on which you report in this article disincludes a great deal of military aid, as well as support conveyed by means of sole-source contracting.
Providing your readers with a fragmented and distorted view of this historical relationship, deceives them, and undermines the democratic process.
Now, as you all know, I'm all for undermining the democratic process, but when did I become a journalist?
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:44 (twenty-three years ago)
And where is your paycheck? If your going to undermine the democratic process the least you could do is get paid.
― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:53 (twenty-three years ago)