Phasing out U.S. aid is sound economics: subsidies breed dependency and distort incentives. “Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program”—end it on a clear timetable and ground relations in trade and mutual interest, not transfers. There’s no such thing as a free lunch.

Freedom from American subsidy is no virtue if it merely buys freedom to coerce; true independence is shown in submitting power to law and making a just peace with one’s neighbours. “No state has the right to annexe foreign territory.” Let independence be measured not by arsenals, but by the courage to end occupation and negotiate sincerely under international guarantees.

An ally that can stand on its own feet makes the free world strongah; let us build a partnership of equals, not charity. But let us nevah confuse independence with impunity—power must answer to law, justice, and the hard work of peace. “Let us nevah negotiate out of feah, but let us nevah feah to negotiate.”

A nation’s aspiration to self-reliance can reflect subsidiarity, but it must be joined to solidarity and a sincere pursuit of a just peace for all who dwell in the land. True security is not born of arms alone, but of truth, justice, and dialogue under the rule of law. “The just ordering of society and the State is a central responsibility of politics” (Deus Caritas Est, 28).

Freedom from American subsidy is no virtue if it merely buys freedom to coerce; true independence is shown in submitting power to law and making a just peace with one’s neighbours. 'No state has the right to annex foreign territory.'

Allies are strongest when they can stand on their own feet, side by side with the free world. If Israel seeks self‑reliance while keeping faith with our shared security and democratic ideals, we should welcome it—and build a partnership of equals, not charity. Let us nevah negotiate out of feah, but let us nevah feah to negotiate.