President Obama, Mahmoud Abbas met at the White House today. The result was the President writing another check that his (insert favorite expletive of Obama’s) can’t cash. A $400 million dollar Palestinian aid package was the result of the Obama, Abbas meeting. I’m not really sure this is such a good idea given the high tensions between Israel, Palestine and the Administration after last week’s flotilla incident.
Obama gave the standard democrat answer saying the money would go to housing and schools. The cynic in me thinks that a good portion of this particular $400 million dollar Palestinian aid package, as well as others, will go to Hamas and their endeavors in terrorism.
Given the fact that Obama has been less than cordial to Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu, the Obama, Abbas meeting is just another slap in the face to the Jewish community. Israel is still America’s closest ally in the region and perhaps the world with much support from the American citizenry.
Along with promising our money to Gaza, Obama publically asked for the Israeli’s to loosen restrictions of their blockade of Gaza so humanitarian aid can go through. I suppose it’s Israel’s fault that Obama promised $400 million dollars in Palestinian aid. Those of us criticizing monetary aid to Palestine have only the Zionist regime of Israel to thank. Nice try Mr. Obama. Abbas demanded that the blockade be totally lifted, I presume to make it easier for sympathizers to smuggle weapons into Gaza for “peaceful humanitarian” purposes.
Since Obama doesn’t really have an answer for anything, he did what most democrats and liberals do in his situation, he threw money at the problem. Instead of committing outright support of Abbas and Palestine, Obama promised a $400 million dollar Palestinian aid package that we can’t afford. But at least our money will only be used for housing and schools. We can stipulate that can’t we?
June 9th, 2010 at 1:21 pm
Finally a president with both sense and compassion.
All is right with the world.
June 9th, 2010 at 1:28 pm
Turkey, only one of two countries by way of U.N. vote says no to imposing sanctions on Iran.
June 9th, 2010 at 1:40 pm
The cynic in me thinks that a good portion of this particular $400 million dollar Palestinian aid package, as well as others, will go to Hamas and their endeavors in terrorism.
The cynic in you thinks the president is directly aiding terrorism?
The cynic in you needs to get her head checked.
Given the fact that Obama has been less than cordial to Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu, the Obama, Abbas meeting is just another slap in the face to the Jewish community.
Thanks for speaking for the Jewish community. As an actual member of that group, I strongly disagree. Netanyahu is a jerk, btw.
Since Obama doesn’t really have an answer for anything, he did what most democrats and liberals do in his situation, he threw money at the problem. Instead of committing outright support of Abbas and Palestine, Obama promised a $400 million dollar Palestinian aid package that we can’t afford.
Hey, here’s an idea. How about we subtract that aid from of the 2.7 BILLION in foreign aid (read: free money) that we send to Israel? Maybe some of the religious nutjobs over there would have to actually get jobs instead of taking US-subsidized worship welfare.
June 9th, 2010 at 1:50 pm
Maybe some of the religious nutjobs over there would have to actually get jobs instead of taking US-subsidized worship welfare.
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AH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA. So true.
June 9th, 2010 at 1:54 pm
“The cynic in you thinks the president is directly aiding terrorism?
The cynic in you needs to get her head checked.”
How bout…”indirectly”?
Good enough ?
How bout that closing of Gitmo ?(he now knows was a stupid idea, still hasnt happened, it’ll never happen)
How bout the way hes been dissing Israel ?
How bout those non mirandized civilian trials in NY ? (that also will never happen)
How bout that speech in Egypt allowing 10 members of the Muslim brotherhood to sit up front ?
Hell, they’re a part of Egypts parliament and they’re banned from the country…(unless Obamas giving a speech)
yeah, why not ?Of course hes giving aid to terrorists. Granted, theres a good portion of Palesimians who are held hostage to and didnt vote for Hamas but that doesnt change the fact that a good part of the aid sent into Gaza goes to make the lives easier for a terrorist supporting people and no doubt direct members of Hamas
June 9th, 2010 at 1:59 pm
@ME
Israel is our partner in the war on terror.
A couple billion is nothing to help them support a military that has for decades supplied uswith vital intel.
But why is anyone surprised that Obama is giving money to religious nutjobs of his choice ?
http://www.haaretz.com/news/u-s-plans-to-pledge-900-million-for-gaza-1.270773
Latest update 22:24 23.02.09
‘U.S. plans to pledge $900 million for Gaza’
Sooo… whats a few measely 400 million ?
June 9th, 2010 at 2:00 pm
We give them money. Israel gives them money. Its never enough.
June 9th, 2010 at 2:05 pm
The 400 mil was probably payoff not to try and run the blockade
June 9th, 2010 at 2:17 pm
micky Says:
June 9th, 2010 at 1:54 pm
“The cynic in you thinks the president is directly aiding terrorism?
The cynic in you needs to get her head checked.”
How bout…”indirectly”?
Good enough ?
How bout that closing of Gitmo
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How woudl closing GITMO indirectly aid terrorism?
How bout the way hes been dissing Israel ?
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You mean that country that a) invaded Lebanon for the kidnapping of ONE isreali soldier. Did we invade arruba for the kidnapping of Natalie Holloway? and b)killed boatmen jsut defendign themselves against Isreali attack. That country?
How bout those non mirandized civilian trials in NY ?
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You’re not making any sense again.
How bout that speech in Egypt allowing 10 members of the Muslim brotherhood to sit up front ?
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Who cares?
Hell, they’re a part of Egypts parliament and they’re banned from the country…(unless Obamas giving a speech)
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again, so?
yeah, why not ?
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Agreed.
Of course hes giving aid to terrorists.
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You havent’ given us any proof.
Granted, theres a good portion of Palesimians who are held hostage to and didnt vote for Hamas but that doesnt change the fact that a good part of the aid sent into Gaza goes to make the lives easier for a terrorist supporting people and no doubt direct members of Hamas
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and then your bigotry resurfaces. Thank you micky, you make an excelletn foil for the left.
June 9th, 2010 at 2:17 pm
and ignorant bigotry at that.
June 9th, 2010 at 2:19 pm
micky Says:
June 9th, 2010 at 1:59 pm
@ME
Israel is our partner in the war on terror.
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As close a partner as terrorists can have.
A couple billion is nothing to help them support a military that has for decades supplied us with vital intel.
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Vital to whom?
But why is anyone surprised that Obama is giving money to religious nutjobs of his choice ?
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Ya why is anyoen suprised? Bush did it.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/u-s-plans-to-pledge-900-million-for-gaza-1.270773
Latest update 22:24 23.02.09
‘U.S. plans to pledge $900 million for Gaza’
Sooo… whats a few measely 400 million ?
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Agreed.
June 9th, 2010 at 2:20 pm
micky Says:
June 9th, 2010 at 2:05 pm
The 400 mil was probably payoff not to try and run the blockade
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Soooo, the 400 million was a payoff to palestinians not to run the blockade? Doesn’t that make them prisoners, and the 400 million hushmoney? You’re not making sense again.
June 9th, 2010 at 2:24 pm
If being bigoted means I dont like terrorists and those who support them, so be it.
June 9th, 2010 at 2:28 pm
“Soooo, the 400 million was a payoff to palestinians not to run the blockade? ”
hey ! You’re catching on !
Although as usual you leave out crucial info constantly…
I said “probably”
If the blockade doesnt get run by these next two boats whats one to think ?
June 9th, 2010 at 2:37 pm
“Maybe some of the religious nutjobs over there would have to actually get jobs instead of taking US-subsidized worship welfare.”
Thats funny.
That money came from a country thats population is a majority of christians with jobs.
In all sincerity, we really need to start defining the difference between religious nutjobs and the ones who practice with no imposition on anyone.
June 9th, 2010 at 2:37 pm
@ Everyone Else
As far as Abu Swear-Word’s (i.e. Micky’s) assertion that I am a terrorist because I support the Palestinian people who are a terrorist people because the majority of whom voted for Hamas in 2006, then I must make some points.
Firstly by his logic practically every Muslim and Arab and Palestinian, whether Muslim or Christian, including the Fatah party which opposed Hamas and other people which are not in line with Hamas are terrorists. Every Palestinian loves and sympathizes with his own people. And I am half Palestinian.
Merely sympathizing with the plight of one’s people and acknowledging their cause of self-defense and their right to dignity does not mean that one is in agreement with every tactic or strategy that every group from amongst his people is using to achieve their aims.
I have in the past repeatedly criticized many of the tactics or means that have been used by the different groups of Palestinians as immorral and prohibited in the Islamic Sharee’ah and illogical and unwise.
I do not support suicide bombings, because suicide is prohibited in Islam and because often the victims are non-combatant civilians and sometimes as we have seen they are even other Muslims or Arabs. And because tactically it is illogical due to the fact that after these occurences of suicide bombings often the Zionist Machine collectively punishes the Palestinians and destroys the house of the bomber’s family and takes other harsh measures in response. Also the focus in the western media after a suicide bombing is on the Jewish victims and their plight and not on the suffering and oppression that led to the bomber’s decision to do such a terrible act, making the Jews look like the only victims.
Also I disagree with their throwing of little wildly innacurate baby Qassam fireworks into Jewish territories which almost always serve just to scare the daylights out of Jewish civilians and cause mild property damage and rarely even cause casualties especially not to the Zionist Army, and then the Zionists use it as an excuse to kill 1400 or more Palestinians and cause massive damage and destruction in their territory and blockade them. So tactically and morally that was wrong.
Just because I am sympathetic to the plight of the Palestinian people it does not necessitate that I am a terrorist or a terrorist sympathizer. Micky is playing something I’ll call the terrorist card. The terrorist card is when you tell someone who is Muslim or of Arab decsent that either you agree with every action America and the Zionists and their allies do to combat terrorism or you yourself are a terrorist!!! This is an unjust accusation! Not everyone who is a Muslim and disagrees with some American foriegn policy issues is a terrorist, I consider this a means of attempting to stifle the free speech of forieng policy critics by casting the aspersion on them that they are terrorists or terrorist sympathizers, just as the Zionists label anyone who speaks against the policies of the so-called state of “Israel” as an anti-semite.
The conservative right-wing war hawks use the tragic events of 9-11 as their rallying war cry just as the Zionists constantly elicit the emotions of the people concerning the tragic holocaust of Jews by the Nazis as a means to divert attention from what they are doing to another people.
June 9th, 2010 at 2:39 pm
micky Says:
June 9th, 2010 at 2:24 pm
If being bigoted means I dont like terrorists and those who support them, so be it.
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” Palesimians ”
No, this makes you a bigot. As well, that statement jsut shows your ignorance. The Palestinians support a political party, not terrorists.
micky Says:
June 9th, 2010 at 2:28 pm
“Soooo, the 400 million was a payoff to palestinians not to run the blockade? ”
hey ! You’re catching on !
Although as usual you leave out crucial info constantly…
I said “probably”
If the blockade doesnt get run by these next two boats whats one to think ?
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The word probably isn’t much of a disclaimer now is it?, but in truth, I’ve not needed to catch on, I’ve known you’re an idiot for quite some tiem now.
June 9th, 2010 at 2:40 pm
@ Everyone Else
As far as Abu Swear-Word’s (i.e. Micky’s) assertion that I am a terrorist because I support the Palestinian people who are a terrorist people because the majority of whom voted for Hamas in 2006, then I must make some points.
Firstly by his logic practically every Muslim and Arab and Palestinian, whether Muslim or Christian, including the Fatah party which opposed Hamas and other people which are not in line with Hamas are terrorists. Every Palestinian loves and sympathizes with his own people. And I am half Palestinian.
Merely sympathizing with the plight of one’s people and acknowledging their cause of self-defense and their right to dignity does not mean that one is in agreement with every tactic or strategy that every group from amongst his people is using to achieve their aims.
I have in the past repeatedly criticized many of the tactics or means that have been used by the different groups of Palestinians as immorral and prohibited in the Islamic Sharee’ah and illogical and unwise.
I do not support suicide bombings, because suicide is prohibited in Islam and because often the victims are non-combatant civilians and sometimes as we have seen they are even other Muslims or Arabs. And because tactically it is illogical due to the fact that after these occurences of suicide bombings often the Zionist Machine collectively punishes the Palestinians and destroys the house of the bomber’s family and takes other harsh measures in response. Also the focus in the western media after a suicide bombing is on the Jewish victims and their plight and not on the suffering and oppression that led to the bomber’s decision to do such a terrible act, making the Jews look like the only victims.
Also I disagree with their throwing of little wildly innacurate Qassam fireworks into Jewish territories which almost always serve just to scare the daylights out of Jewish civilians and cause mild property damage and rarely even cause casualties especially not to the Zionist Army, and then the Zionists use it as an excuse to kill 1400 or more Palestinians and cause massive damage and destruction in their territory and blockade them. So tactically and morally that was wrong.
Just because I am sympathetic to the plight of the Palestinian people it does not necessitate that I am a terrorist or a terrorist sympathizer. Micky is playing something I’ll call the terrorist card. The terrorist card is when you tell someone who is Muslim or of Arab decsent that either you agree with every action America and the Zionists and their allies do to combat terrorism or you yourself are a terrorist!!! This is an unjust accusation! Not everyone who is a Muslim and disagrees with some American foriegn policy issues is a terrorist, I consider this a means of attempting to stifle the free speech of forieng policy critics by casting the aspersion on them that they are terrorists or terrorist sympathizers, just as the Zionists label anyone who speaks against the policies of the so-called state of “Israel” as an anti-semite.
The conservative right-wing war hawks use the tragic events of 9-11 as their rallying war cry just as the Zionists constantly elicit the emotions of the people concerning the tragic hol*caust of Jews by the Naz*s as a means to divert attention from what they are doing to another people.
June 9th, 2010 at 2:42 pm
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micky Says:
June 9th, 2010 at 2:37 pm
“Maybe some of the religious nutjobs over there would have to actually get jobs instead of taking US-subsidized worship welfare.”
Thats funny.
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That’s truth.
That money came from a country thats population is a majority of christians with jobs.
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Actually that money came froma majority of christians with jobs. The USA is not a majority christian nation.
In all sincerity, we really need to start defining the difference between religious nutjobs and the ones who practice with no imposition on anyone.
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That would help
June 9th, 2010 at 2:47 pm
James it is hard to distinguish which words are yours from which words belong to the person your quoting sometimes, a line is not sufficient. Perhaps if you put “So and so says: ” and “My response is: ” it would be easier to tell.
June 9th, 2010 at 2:48 pm
James;
” The USA is not a majority christian nation.
Try again
WIKIPEDIA
“majority of Americans (76%) identify themselves as Christians, mostly with Protestant denominations.[3] Non-Christian religions (including Judaism, Buddhism, Islam, and Hinduism), collectively make up about 4% to 5% of the adult population.[4][5][3] Another 15% of the adult population identifies as having no religious belief or no religious affiliation.[3] According to the American Religious Identification Survey, religious belief varies considerably across the country: 59% of Americans living in Western states (the “Unchurched Belt”) report a belief in God, yet in the South (the “Bible Belt”) the figure is as high as 86%.[
June 9th, 2010 at 2:48 pm
Also I disagree with their throwing of little wildly innacurate Qassam fireworks into Jewish territories which almost always serve just to scare the daylights out of Jewish civilians and cause mild property damage and rarely even cause casualties especially not to the Zionist Army, and then the Zionists use it as an excuse to kill 1400 or more Palestinians and cause massive damage and destruction in their territory and blockade them.
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This is disingenuous. You’re not admitting that these “little wildly innacurate Qassam fireworks into Jewish territories which almost always serve just to scare the daylights out of Jewish civilians and cause mild property damage and rarely even cause casualties” are still thrown in intentionally to cause harm and property damage.
June 9th, 2010 at 2:51 pm
micky Says:
June 9th, 2010 at 2:48 pm
James;
” The USA is not a majority christian nation.
Try again
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No need to try again actually.
I Identify myself as a man with a big f*ckin d!ck. in ANY case one identifying onesself as soemthign and one actually being what one has identified himself with are two different things… you pricks do believe taht Obama isn’t really black but only half black and him identifying himself as black doesn’t hold water, right? Or have you since changed your mind
June 9th, 2010 at 2:51 pm
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
“Protestant 51.3%, Roman Catholic 23.9%, Mormon 1.7%, other Christian 1.6%, Jewish 1.7%, Buddhist 0.7%, Muslim 0.6%, other or unspecified 2.5%, unaffiliated 12.1%, none 4% (2007 est.)”
June 9th, 2010 at 2:52 pm
okay…
Yazan says “Also I disagree with their throwing of little wildly innacurate Qassam fireworks into Jewish territories which almost always serve just to scare the daylights out of Jewish civilians and cause mild property damage and rarely even cause casualties especially not to the Zionist Army, and then the Zionists use it as an excuse to kill 1400 or more Palestinians and cause massive damage and destruction in their territory and blockade them.”
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I respnd “This is disingenuous. You’re not admitting that these “little wildly innacurate Qassam fireworks into Jewish territories which almost always serve just to scare the daylights out of Jewish civilians and cause mild property damage and rarely even cause casualties” are still thrown in intentionally to cause harm and property damage.”