Should the U.S. reduce its aid to Libya and Egypt?

by Fox Report with Shepard Smith Posted 2012/09/13 15:00:00

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	Yes	1,492 votes	86%
	No	240 votes	14%

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legalam... to legalam... 2012/09/21 01:39:00

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Obama is nothing but another man who idolises mhttp://times247.com/articles...

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Patriot Lady 2012/09/18 06:25:06

Yes

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Don't reduce it...end it all and permanently. Let's see how fast their countries all fail and go bankrupt. "Death to all you POS."

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jim.bur... to Patriot... 2012/09/29 13:34:29

Cut off all funding to "ALL" of the middle east....

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Stratweenie57 2012/09/18 02:04:58

Yes

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Yeah,to about 0%....

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MQ-American Values Again (AVA) 2012/09/18 01:26:55

Yes

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Immediately and without equivocation!

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legalam... to MQ-Amer... 2012/09/21 00:51:54

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http://times247.com/articles/...

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lin sugar lips 2012/09/18 00:55:41

Yes

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Absolutly These heathens dont deserve any funding from the US

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Jason Armentrout 2012/09/18 00:42:09

Yes

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ABSOLUTLEY!!!! We need the money here at home. We have all this struggle here, there is NO EXCUSE for giving money away that could be and should be used at home.

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Noor to Jason A... 2012/09/18 07:41:03

Then stop sending billions a day to Israel!

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smitty to Noor 2012/09/18 13:13:04

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More like 3 billion per year. But yeah I guess you can get a billion a day from that.

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RED DAWN to Noor 2012/09/18 15:47:41

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We need to double what we send to Israel so they can blow those goat loving SOBs of the face of the earth send them to meet their virgins

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Scott to Noor 2012/09/18 16:31:50

Ooops! Careful there Barb, your antisemitism is showing!

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Jason A... to Noor 2012/09/19 00:17:30

Israel is an ally. One of our greatest allies. Libya, Yemen, Sudan, etc are not our allies.

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susan to Noor 2012/09/19 13:22:30

But biting the hand that feeds you is stupid. Stop the flow of money until their country is able to prove they can police the situation better.

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legalam... to susan 2012/09/21 01:40:53

Not just that. Stop it forever no matter what nation.

http://times247.com/articles/...

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Claybern 2012/09/18 00:04:25

Yes

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Not only reduce it but eliminate them.

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Brian 2012/09/17 22:56:53

Yes

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Reduce It...hell eliminate.

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Cornchip30 2012/09/17 21:40:16

No

I feel as though i'm diving into a shark pit by saying this, but I don't think we should cut off aid to Libya. The only reason that this issue came about was because a bunch of lunatics (who might not have even been regular Libyan citizens; possibly a planned attack by al- Qa'ida) decided to attack the embassy. Should we punish the whole country, of which we have been trying to support a system of democracy in, because of a small group of people and let the government go to ruin? It just doesn't seem to make sense.

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Brian to Cornchip30 2012/09/17 22:58:22

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You know I think I could actually hear Obamas zipper going down with comment.

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Cornchip30 to Brian 2012/09/18 00:42:44

Wow, very nice. Do you feel happy inside now, making an offensive and inappropriate comment to a 17 year old? I hope so. I am actually conservative on most topics, but I just think that the money already put into Libya shouldn't be wasted. This is, after all, a place to voice opinions.

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Brian to Cornchip30 2012/09/18 00:51:01

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Well sorry I didn't see the sign indicating age, as far as the money goes the second they get their hands on it is being used to by weapons to kill Americans with and Finally I understand this is an opinion site and I stated mine, if your going to get on here get your big boy pants on, when I was 17 I was in bootcamp about to go to 'Nam.

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Stratwe... to Brian 2012/09/18 02:16:10

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Say uh,cornflake-the astute observer will note the question is diercted toward additional funding not yet sent.That money is gone,unlike any new funding.Try to keep up.

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Cornchip30 to Stratwe... 2012/09/18 21:58:21

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If I understand what you're talking about, you're commenting on the line "I just think that the money already put into Libya shouldn't be wasted." From that I meant that if we cut off aid to Libya now, all of the money already put in helping Libya obtain democracy could be wasted if the government spirals downward. I'm sorry that I phrased that oddly.

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Brian to Cornchip30 2012/09/18 23:46:05

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Well first of all we all need to get past the notion that whats going on in Libya or Egypt or Syria is any kind of Democracy movement, it is not. it's a take over by the Muslim Brotherhood that when it gains total control will be just like Iran, so that is why we shouldn't be hurling MY tax dollars at a group of people who want to destroy this country. Talk about the dog biting the hand that feeds it.

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Cornchip30 to Brian 2012/09/19 01:38:00

Well said. When you put it like that it does seem like we're focusing too much on other people and not enough on our current recession. I've been thinking about it a lot and, looking at what everyone else has been saying, we do need to get our own economy straight before we go giving to somebody else.
Thank you for your views.

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Brian to Cornchip30 2012/09/19 14:12:28

There is a saying that says "Don't complain about the speck in your brothers eye when you have a board in your own" in other words lets stop trying to make every other country a democracy and deal with them as conditions require and work on making this county the very best it can be. And guess what the other countries will want to mimic our sucess. Lead by example not by a carrot (bribing with money)

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Brian to Stratwe... 2012/09/18 23:45:06

Well buttercup, the question asks should we REDUCE funding, implying that money is already being sent. which is in fact what IS happening we have been sending money even before all this Arab Spring crap began.

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Cornchip30 to Brian 2012/09/18 21:49:50

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I'm sorry that I didn't cuss you out on the last comment, as you seemed to have wanted me to. I was just taught up to respect people and be polite to them, as well as respect their opinions. There's a difference between being a candy-ass and being respectful to people.
Thank you for your service in the military.

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Brian to Cornchip30 2012/09/19 14:24:52

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Actually I don't want that kind of conversation, and I appoligize for coming off too strong, and you are completly right about the difference between being a candy-ass and being respectiful. it's just that I don't think people are understanding what is happening here and around the world, what is at stake, The very future of this country as free society is at stake here. Our President said that he wants to fundamentally change America. What he is saying is he wants to change/eliminate the foundations this country was built on ie the Constitution.

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legalam... to Cornchip30 2012/09/21 01:42:02

she is saying what observers of Obamas actions prove.
http://times247.com/articles/...

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Cornchip30 to legalam... 2012/09/23 16:13:57

If you read one of my comments above (though it is sort of a jumbled mess) you'll see that a couple days after I posted my first comment, I changed my position and said that we should reduce aid to Libya. When I posted my original comment, I was thinking more of the country as a whole, rather than the few who decided to make hell. After the attack, citizens of Libya came out with signs into the streets begging the US not to punish Libya as a whole because of a couple of terrorists, so it seemed like they were behind us, that's why I posted my original statement. Thank you for posting the link to the article. I had not seen that bit of information before.

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Centuri... to Cornchip30 2012/09/18 15:53:01

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Will the "good" Libyans round up and hand over the bad Libyans? If they do, fine, keep helping them.

But, if they all behave like a bunch of monkeys, then treat them all like a bunch of monkeys.

I didn't see any reports of "good" Libyans trying to help or rescue the four Americans killed. I've not even heard of names of "bad" Libyans given over.

I appreciate your point here but I really don't see any action on their part deserving the help.

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Sue MacDonald Kyak 2012/09/17 20:45:03

Yes

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Yes, yes,a million times yes! Our own economy is in the crapper so why should we give those animals money?

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TombstoneJim 2012/09/17 19:43:24

Yes

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To ZERO, just like all other forgien aid...zippo nada

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Rob 2012/09/17 19:39:13

Yes

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And to all the other Country's that we been giving money to. Let's get our Country back and stop giving money to Country's that use our money to by weapons to kill our people. We have been giving money forever and we need it right here more then ever before. Things need to change quick because we will be attacked with this obama who never should have been put in the white House and should have been thrown out long ago on anyone of the accounts that he did.

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sυιcι∂εsυη∂αε~ 2012/09/17 19:22:54

No

Oh by all means, be my guest. Egypt is hopefully heading towards a change for the better.

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Rob to sυιcι∂ε... 2012/09/17 19:41:08

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You believe that and I have a bridge to sell you in Brooklyn...............

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legalam... to Rob 2012/09/21 01:44:19

http://times247.com/articles/...

You meant Chicago, right? :)

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Tombsto... to sυιcι∂ε... 2012/09/17 19:46:32

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Mirna - Do you REALLY believe that the Muslim Brotherhood is going to lead Egypt to a sectarian democracy where you as a woman will have equal rights? Really?

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sυιcι∂ε... to Tombsto... 2012/09/17 19:54:46

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At least there won't be any lying or stealing, no? And last I checked my rights were still intact, thank you very much.. I would really much rather that people don't judge going on what you've heard on the news or seen on the web, there's always another side to any story.

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