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Originally posted by Seaver
No I'm not arguing for isolationism. I'm arguing that we aid those that actually have friendly relations with us, and telling those that dont to fuck off.
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And about your comment to punishing all of the people, the government of Palestine is democratically elected. Thus it is not a "vocal component" but the majority of those involved.
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How much money do we give to Palestine? 1/3 of the ENTIRE US foreign aid budget goes to Israel!! We might as well be slashing Palestine's tires. I'm just suggesting maybe you don't know as much as you think you do about how foreign aid really works. It's not as if the US is cutting free checks made out to "cash" to every country with its hand out and then half of them take the check with one hand and give us the finger with the other. We provide money for specific things, like fighting AIDS, tuberculosis & malaria, or antidrug initiatives in South America, or what have you.