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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: [QB] Well, you've got an op-ed by Lou Dobbs, possibly the biggest sensationalist asshole on CNN and a broken link... While there are some good points in the Dobbs bit, it's important to note that 2.6 billion in aid to Israel is almost all for Israel's defense and ongoing security efforts. Everyone says "the US and Israel are great friends, but it's more like Israel represents a safe harbor in a region that's usually a shitstorm for the U.S. (yes, even pre-Iraq invasion). Israel also serves a vital strategic jumping-off point and refueling station. By contrast, Lebanon serves none of these roles, has a weak government pushed around by a terrorist organization that attacks our close ally at will and with not so much as a peep from the "legitimate" government against them (to be fair, such an outcry could have catastrophc results). So why would the U.S. give Lebanon money? 40 million may be chump change in the grand scheme, but it blithely ignores Bush's own vow to "cut off all support to countries that harbor or support terrorists" and how such countries "will be considered the enemy". I'd like that 40 mil to feed the needy in [i]my own[/i] country, thanks....millions still "live below the poverty line" right [i]here[/i]. If the UN would establish a permanant presence in lebanon, keep Hezbollah in line or away from the border and prevent raids into Israel, I'd be all for taking the money not needed for Israel to (try to) defend it's border and give it to Lebanon's poor and needy masses. ;) [/QB][/QUOTE]
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