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Old 02-12-2010, 11:47 AM
 
Location: Oklahoma(formerly SoCalif) Originally Mich,
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Are we nuts! or just plain STUPID?!


How they vote in the United Nations:

Below are the actual voting records of various Arabic/Islamic States which are recorded in both the US State Department and United Nations records:

Kuwait votes against the United States 67% of the time

Qatar votes against the United States 67% of the time

Morocco votes against the United States 70% of the time

United Arab Emirates votes against the U. S. 70% of the time.

Jordan votes against the United States 71% of the time.

Tunisia votes against the United States 71% of the time.

Saudi Arabia votes against the United States 73% of the time.

Yemen votes against the United States 74% of the time.

Algeria votes against the United States 74% of the time.

Oman votes against the United States 74% of the time.

Sudan votes against the United States 75% of the time.

Pakistan votes against the United States 75% of the time.

Libya votes against the United States 76% of the time.

Egypt votes against the United States 79% of the time.

Lebanon votes against the United States 80% of the time.

India votes against the United States 81% of the time.

Syria votes against the United States 84% of the time.

Mauritania votes against the United States 87% of the time.

U S Foreign Aid to those that hate us:

Egypt, for example, after voting 79% of the time against the United States, still receives $2 billion annually in US Foreign Aid.

Jordan votes 71% against the United States

And receives $192,814,000 annually in US Foreign Aid.

Pakistan votes 75% against the United States

Receives $6,721,000 annually in US Foreign Aid.

India votes 81% against the United States

Receives $143,699,000 annually.

Perhaps it is time to get out of the UN and give the tax savings back to the American economy and those who are having to skimp and sacrifice to pay the taxes (and foreign oil costs!)
Pass this along to every taxpaying citizen you know.

Disgusting isn't it?


snopes.com: Arab States Vote Against U.S. in U.N.



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Old 02-12-2010, 11:49 AM
 
Location: Eastern NC
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This has been going on for decades. So whats new?
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Old 02-12-2010, 11:50 AM
 
Location: Oklahoma(formerly SoCalif) Originally Mich,
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This has been going on for decades. So whats new?
True.....but not everyone is aware of this...
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Old 02-12-2010, 11:50 AM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
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We are stupid. Just plain stupid.

Sometimes I think the only reason the US hasn't been blasted to oblivion is because we pay out so much money to our enemies so they can better themselves and buy weapons.

I gave up trying to put any type of logic to this a long time ago.
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Old 02-12-2010, 12:00 PM
 
Location: OCEAN BREEZES AND VIEWS SAN CLEMENTE
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We are stupid. Just plain stupid.

Sometimes I think the only reason the US hasn't been blasted to oblivion is because we pay out so much money to our enemies so they can better themselves and buy weapons.

I gave up trying to put any type of logic to this a long time ago.

You know what, i think i agree with your logic.
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Old 02-12-2010, 12:01 PM
 
Location: Los Altos Hills, CA
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Originally Posted by HappyTexan View Post
We are stupid. Just plain stupid.

Sometimes I think the only reason the US hasn't been blasted to oblivion is because we pay out so much money to our enemies so they can better themselves and buy weapons.

I gave up trying to put any type of logic to this a long time ago.
I totally agree.

Why the bloody hell do we need to give money to people who hate us.

To hell with them.
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Old 02-12-2010, 12:02 PM
 
Location: Tampa Florida
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Understanding why the programs exist, it is helpful to know the objectives rather than simply blast the idea.

http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/31987.pdf
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Old 02-12-2010, 02:24 PM
 
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if you want an idea of how much international "aid" we give, look at this site:
U.S. Agency for International Development

look at just one country's aid:
Sudan - The United States is the largest donor to Sudan, providing $6 billion in assistance since 2005.


it is mind-boggling how many countries we give money to. i wonder how much of that actually makes it to the intended recipients. how much money do you think the haitians will see out of all the money allegedly being channeled to them? how much have their lives improved with all the money channeled to them so far? there are some people getting very wealthy on all of this "aid".
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Old 02-12-2010, 02:30 PM
 
Location: Land of debt and Corruption
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I wish our dumb elected officials would just stop this insane practice already.
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Old 02-12-2010, 03:50 PM
 
Location: Highland, CA (formerly Newark, NJ)
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That's what being in bed with oil companies will do...
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