Let&#8217;s state the obvious: The U.S. taxpayer funds far too much in the way of foreign military and civilian aid. And though foreign aid constitutes a <a href="https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/how-does-us-spend-its-foreign-aid">small percentage</a> (sometimes as low of <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/trump-slash-federal-costs-boost-military-spending-article-1.2985016">1%</a>) of the federal budget, it consistently ranks as one of the <a href="https://today.yougov.com/topics/politics/articles-reports/2016/03/11/foreign-aid">least popular</a> things that the federal government funds.
This widespread sentiment is justified, on the merits. It is possible that there is no more quintessential &#8220;Drain the Swamp&#8221; issue than the notion that we should be far more judicious in how we dole out taxpayer-funded foreign aid to venal and restive foreign countries. Indeed, there is actually a compelling argument that we ought to cut off foreign aid for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hammer-the-pro-israel-case-against-u-s-military-aid-to-israel">everyone</a>. But we should at least start cutting off aid somewhere, and there is no better place to start than the Hezbollah-overrun Levantite state of Lebanon, which U.S. taxpayers subsidize to the tune of <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/lebanon-is-gone">$250 million</a> per year.

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