The relationship between Israel and the U.S. is not one of charity, according to national security expert Victoria Coates.
Over the years, the “material assistance” the U.S. has provided Israel has shifted from largely being economic to “become security assistance,” Coates, vice president of the Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy at The Heritage Foundation, told the “Problematic Women” podcast.
“This is a mutual investment in our safety, and that has borne great dividends,” she said. “It’s not stuff we can talk about on the podcast, but I can just assure the audience that those are real.”
Coates argues that the partnership between the two nation’s keeps America’s adversaries in the Middle East at bay.
“There’s a reason the Iranians call us the big Satan and the Israelis the little Satan,” Coates said. “And…
