Israel weighs massive increase in defense budget

Even Israeli moonbat lib Prime Minister Olmert is apparently subject to the influence of the cluebat upside his head by the outcome of the recent round of Lebanon war-games.

The government of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is considering a huge increase in the defense budget. Under a proposal relayed to Olmert and senior ministers, the defense budget would be increased by 30 billion shekels, or $6.8 billion, over the next three years. The current annual military budget is $7.7 billion.

Most of the additional funding would be used to purchase weapons, platforms and supplies to sustain a conventional war with such adversaries as Hizbullah, Iran and Syria, Middle East Newsline reported.

Gee whiz! It looks like the efficacy of negotiating with Islamofascist terrorists doesn’t look very good any more. Better late than never!