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Name:	MartiniMan -	Reply
Subject:	$800MM for the Arab Spring?!?!?!?
Date:	2/13/2012 2:25:40 PM

Can you believe the Teleprompter in Chief's budget includes $800MM for "Arab Spring" countries? So now we are going to facilitate the transition of these countries to fanatical Islamic regimes hostile to the U.S. Talk about assisted suicide......

Name:	MAJ USA RET -	Reply
Subject:	McCain says "Yes"
Date:	2/14/2012 8:14:49 AM (updated 2/14/2012 8:21:47 AM)

Oh! But you should have watched SEN McCain defend that $800M (last night on Fox News).

He bumbled all over himself… “My friend.” (ADM McCain is a war hero... but, nothing but a waffler in the Senate… he took the beltway drug.)

Reasons NOT to GIVE aid to the “Arab Spring” countries:

#1 – We don’t have it to give… we’ll have to borrow it from the Chinese.

#2 – We’ll get nothing in return… they will be just as anti-American AFTER we give it as they were before.

#3 – They will be happy to take it from us stupid infidels… and they will be just as happy to kill stupid infidels.

#4 – Aid to Islamic nations is viewed as a weakness by Muslims… they would not do the same for us. They torture and kill their enemies when the ay are down.

Foreign aid to Islamic outcries is ineffective. They neither understand the concept nor respect the giver.

Try handing $1000 to a street thug… same thing.

Name:	MartiniMan -	Reply
Subject:	What a shocker.....
Date:	2/14/2012 8:24:17 AM

And folks don't understand conservative reluctance with Romney........we fear he is just another John McCain. At this point I wish Newt and Ron Paul would drop out. They will not get the nomination and all they are doing is preventing Republicans from having a clear choice. I suspect if they did Santorum would win the nomination.

Name:	Talullahhound -	Reply
Subject:	$800MM for the Arab Spring?!?!?!?
Date:	2/14/2012 8:37:28 AM

MM, do you have the link to the budget? I'd like to see how or with what limitations they intend to use it.

Name:	MartiniMan -	Reply
Subject:	$800MM for the Arab Spring?!?!?!?
Date:	2/14/2012 10:35:14 AM

Go to whitehouse.gov. There is a link there. WARNING: Don't type in whitehouse.com...its a porn site, or at least it used to be. My understanding from reading what I could understand is that its for "economic aid" whatever the heck that means. You know what really happens with this money....only a small percentage gets to the intended beneficiary. The rest is siphoned off by the current ruling class and ends up in bank accounts in Switzerland or the Caymens. I frankly think that the Arab Spring is going to be a disaster for our national interests and will be a huge blemish on Obama's legacy as POTUS. Why we would send hundreds of millions to bolster coming Islamofascist regimes like we have in Iran is beyond me.

Name:	MAJ USA RET -	Reply
Subject:	$800MM for the Arab Spring?!?!?!?
Date:	2/14/2012 10:52:51 AM

A LESSON WE HAVE LEARNED FROM IRAQ AND PAKISTAN... AND WILL LEARN FROM AFGHANISTAN.

Name:	Talullahhound -	Reply
Subject:	$800MM for the Arab Spring?!?!?!?
Date:	2/14/2012 11:50:22 AM

I actually did find it and read a bunch of it. I have to say I wasn't too thrilled with what I read about the $800M. I'm really weary of expenditures. I saw some $4M in there for foreign humanitarian relief. Really? What happened to the idea that charity begins at home? Most of it ends up getting siphoned off by corrupt politicians and doesn't get to the people who are suffering.

Name:	Talullahhound -	Reply
Subject:	PS
Date:	2/14/2012 11:51:17 AM

I knew about the porn site. More than a few people have gotten that shock.

Name:	MAJ USA RET -	Reply
Subject:	Are we so gullible?
Date:	2/14/2012 12:38:34 PM

“Muslim Brotherhood Warns U.S. Aid Cut May Affect Egypt’s Peace Treaty With Israel” - - CNS News, 14 FEB 12

So… let me get THIS straight. If WE give aid to the Muslim Brotherhood, THEY will respect Israel.

Right… I stand by my previous post.

Name:	Talullahhound -	Reply
Subject:	Are we so gullible?
Date:	2/14/2012 5:32:43 PM

In my view, we should do away with the Camp David accords for both Egypt and Israel. If they want to go at it, we should let them. They'll stop when they both get tired of fighting. And by the way, that would save us approx $3.4B.

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