Reduce funding to Egypt to fund AIDS and Dafur? Why not Israel?

cantstandbush

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Thu Jun-08-06 02:53 PM
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Reduce funding to Egypt to fund AIDS and Dafur? Why not Israel?

Surely, Israel's continued thumbing its nose at the US by building new settlements in the West Bank and their continued refusal to allow nuke inspections, its spies against the US warrants some reductions in AID from the US. But I know, it's much more popular to take from those "rag heads" to give to "sand rats."

My rant about the Obey amendment. Supporters want to punish Egypt for doing exactly what the Bushbots have done here.

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aquart

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Thu Jun-08-06 03:15 PM
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1. Surely Egypt can call on its wealthy arab neighbors?

Surely the Muslims of the world support each other? So full of love as they are.

While only America (how wrong, how criminal) is the only country that has ever stood up for Israel. Or is there a list of supporters I don't know about?

But, by all means, let's abandon that tiny, postage stamp nation because there isn't the slightest chance its much larger neighbors will overrun it and massacre every Israeli man, woman, and child. Because they're all peaceful and they never kill Jews.

Let's do that. God knows the world will applaud.

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cantstandbush

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Thu Jun-08-06 03:21 PM
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3. Nice try. It doesn't work with me. Try re-framing elsewhere. n/t

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applegrove

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Thu Jun-08-06 03:17 PM
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2. Exactly. Don't ya think that the rich Saudi powermongers should

have something to do with their money other than build wahabi mosques? I mean.. Lot's of countries have "pet" nations they fund. Every country with money does actually. Why not the Saudis? Iranians?

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Thu Jun-08-06 05:53 PM
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Poll_Blind

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Thu Jun-08-06 06:05 PM
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5. The "Alert" button is the preferred method in this situation, FYI.

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Behind the Aegis

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Thu Jun-08-06 06:18 PM
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6. If I hit alert, then the OP won't know there was an error.

Edited on Thu Jun-08-06 06:19 PM by Behind the Aegis

On edit: I only alert on offensive threads. This one is not offensive.

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Thu Jun-08-06 06:30 PM
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7. Locking per I/P Guidelines

Edited on Thu Jun-08-06 06:31 PM by undergroundrailroad

Not based on news or recent op-ed.

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