Simple Economics: Don't Give Billions To Foreign Nations, Then Complain About A Poor U.S. Economy. Your Thoughts?
strawberry
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For many years, the U.S. Govt. has taken American money, giving our money to foreign nations claiming to be our allies, but do nothing for the United States. How many Presidential administrations have built corrupt governments who then turn against the U.S.? Such corrupt governments then turn on their own people. I lived in third world nations, seeing for myself. Then revolutions begin, but who really caused these uprisings.? Keep U.S. money in the United States. Common sense.! The U.S. has caused more wars, more hatred playing dictator of the world.
I am sure there are many other presidents who have given money to countries during their terms but really we should be looking into our own relief.
Same goes for Mitt as he still can't come to grips with the every day people and still can't understand that $20,000 is not middle class.
You can't make a comparison like that.
Article 2 - The Executive Branch
Section 2 - Civilian Power Over Military, Cabinet, Pardon Power, Appointments
.........He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur ......
If there are signed treaties about foreign aid, it is constitunional.
Here 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 United States 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
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...
Here 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 United States 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
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 $2,000,000,000 annually in US Foreign Aid.
Jordan votes against the United States 71% of the time
and receives $192,814,000 annually in US Foreign Aid.
Pakistan votes 75% of the time against the United States
Receives $6,721,000,000 annually in US Foreign Aid.
India votes 81% of teh time against the United States
Receives $143,699,000 annually.
Doesn't make much sense does it?
In fact there is a name for it: Bribary
"Bribery is an act of implying money or gift giving that alters the behavior of the recipient. Bribery constitutes a crime and is defined by Black's Law Dictionary as the offering, giving, receiving, or soliciting of any item of value to influence the actions of an official or other person in charge of a public or legal duty.
The International Criminal Court is located in The Hague, the Netherlands.
The United nations is in New-York.
There is a big difference between how Americans view the UN on their soil and the Dutch view the ICC on their soil.
We are proud that The Hague is where the ICC is located.
People look to the those places, yes, but not to take care of them.
Don't wory if you are afraid the US makes payments to the ICC.
Nothing is contributed by the US.
In fact there is a name for it: Bribary
"Bribery is an act of implying money or gift giving that alters the behavior of the recipient.
Bribery constitutes a crime and is defined by Black's Law Dictionary as the offering, giving, receiving, or soliciting of any item of value to influence the actions of an official or other person in charge of a public or legal duty.
http://www.globalpovertyproje...
It makes no sense to keep funding countries that are directly opposed to out interests.
So agree with the US or else no help!
Buying people to like you that is!
To me it doe!
* Between 1972 and 2001, the United States used its veto power in the Security Council thirty-nine times to block resolutions critical of Israeli policies in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, more than all other countries have used their veto on all other issues combined. (Source: Stephen Zunes, Tinderbox: US Middle East Policy and the Rootes Terrorism.)
US, Russia, France, Great-Brittian and China have a right to veto resolutions
Vetoing means in fact going against that what a majority of countries have agreed upon.
More than questionable why the US vetoed them:
1979: For a UN Conference on Women.
1979: To include Palestinian women in the UN Conference on Women.
1981: Declares that education, work, health care, proper nourishment, national development, etc are human rights.
1981: Condemns South Africa for attacks on neighbouring states, condemns apartheid and attempts to strengthen sanctions: 7 resolutions.
1987: Measures to prevent international terrorism, study the underlying political and economic causes of terrorism, convene a conference to define terrorism and to differentiate it from the struggle of people from national liberation.
1981: Condemns an attempted coup by South Africa on the Seychelles
2008: Calls f...
To me it doe!
* Between 1972 and 2001, the United States used its veto power in the Security Council thirty-nine times to block resolutions critical of Israeli policies in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, more than all other countries have used their veto on all other issues combined. (Source: Stephen Zunes, Tinderbox: US Middle East Policy and the Rootes Terrorism.)
US, Russia, France, Great-Brittian and China have a right to veto resolutions
Vetoing means in fact going against that what a majority of countries have agreed upon.
More than questionable why the US vetoed them:
1979: For a UN Conference on Women.
1979: To include Palestinian women in the UN Conference on Women.
1981: Declares that education, work, health care, proper nourishment, national development, etc are human rights.
1981: Condemns South Africa for attacks on neighbouring states, condemns apartheid and attempts to strengthen sanctions: 7 resolutions.
1987: Measures to prevent international terrorism, study the underlying political and economic causes of terrorism, convene a conference to define terrorism and to differentiate it from the struggle of people from national liberation.
1981: Condemns an attempted coup by South Africa on the Seychelles
2008: Calls for a treaty on children's rights.
2008: Condemns racial descrimination.
Vetoed by the USA in the UN*
1972: Condemns Israel for killing hundreds of people in Syria and Lebanon in air raids.
1973: Affirms the rights of the Palestinians and calls on Israel to withdraw from the occupied territories.
1976: Condemns Israel for attacking Lebanese civilians.
1976: Condemns Israel for building settlements in the occupied territories.
1976: Calls for self determination for the Palestinians.
1976: Affirms the rights of the Palestinians.
1978: Urges the permanent members (USA, USSR, UK, France, China) to insure UN decisions on the maintenance of international peace and security.
1978: Criticizes the living conditions of the Palestinians.
1978: Condemns the Israeli human rights record in occupied territories.
1978: Calls for developed countries to increase the quantity and quality of development assistance to underdeveloped countries.
1979: Calls for an end to all military and nuclear collaboration with the apartheid South Africa.
1979: Strengthens the arms embargo against South Africa.
1979: Offers assistance to all the oppressed people of South Africa and their liberation movement.
1979: Concerns negotiations on disarmament and cessation of the nuclear arms race.
1979: Calls for the return of all inhabitants expelled by Israel.
1979: Demands that Israel desist from human rights violations.
1979: Requests a report on the living conditions of Palestinians in occupied Arab countries.
1979: Offers assistance to the Palestinian people.
1979: Discusses sovereignty over national resources in occupied Arab territories.
1979: Calls for protection of developing counties' exports.
1979: Calls for alternative approaches within the United Nations system for improving the enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms.
1979: Opposes support for intervention in the internal or external affairs ofstates.
1979: For a UN Conference on Women.
1979: To include Palestinian women in the UN Conference on Women.
1979: Safeguards rights of developing countries in multinational trade negotiations.
1980: Requests Israel to return displaced persons.
1980: Condemns Israeli policy regarding the living conditions of the Palestinian people.
1980: Condemns Israeli human rights practices in occupied territories:
3 resolutions.
1980: Affirms the right of self determination for the Palestinians.
1980: Offers assistance to the oppressed people of South Africa and their national liberation movement.
1980: Attempts to establish a New International Economic Order to promote the growth of underdeveloped countries and international economic co-operation.
1980: Endorses the Program of Action for Second Half of UN Decade for Women.
1980: Declaration of non-use of nuclear weapons against non-nuclear states.
1980: Emphasise that the development of nations and individuals is a human right.
1980: Calls for the cessation of all nuclear test explosions.
1980: Calls for the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.
1981: Promotes co-operative movements in developing countries.
1981: Affirms the right of every state to choose its economic and social system in accord with the will of its people, without outside interference in whatever form it takes.
1981: Condemns activities of foreign economic interests in colonial territories.
1981: Calls for the cessation of all test explosions of nuclear weapons.
1981: Calls for action in support of measures to prevent nuclear war, curb the arms race and promote disarmament.
1981: Urges negotiations on prohibition of chemical and biological weapons.
1981: Declares that education, work, health care, proper nourishment, national development, etc are human rights.
1981: Condemns South Africa for attacks on neighbouring states, condemns apartheid and attempts to strengthen sanctions: 7 resolutions.
1981: Condemns an attempted coup by South Africa on the Seychelles.
1981: Condemns Israel's treatment of the Palestinians, human rights policies, and the bombing of Iraq:18 resolutions.
1982: Condemns the Israeli invasion of Lebanon: 6 resolutions (1982 to 1983).
1982: Condemns the shooting of 11 Muslims at a shrine in Jerusalem by an Israeli soldier.
1982: Calls on Israel to withdraw from the Golan Heights occupied in 1967.
1982: Condemns apartheid, calls for the cessation of economic aid to S-Africa:
4 resolutions.
1982: Calls for the setting up of a World Charter for the protection of the ecology.
1982: Sets up a United Nations conference on succession of states in respect to state property, archives, and debts.
1982: Nuclear test bans and negotiations and nuclear free outer space: 3 resolutions.
1982: Supports a new world information and communications order.
1982: Prohibition of chemical and bacteriological weapons.
1982: Development of international law.
1982: Declares that education, work, health care, proper nourishment, and national development are human rights.
1982: Protects against products harmful to health and the environment.
1982: Development of the energy resources of developing countries.
1983: Resolutions about apartheid, nuclear arms, economics, international law:
15 resolutions.
1984: Condemns support of South Africa in its Namibian and other policies.
1984: International action to eliminate apartheid.
1984: Condemns Israel for occupying and attacking southern Lebanon.
1984: Resolutions about apartheid, nuclear arms, economics, international law:
18 resolutions.
1985: Condemns Israel for occupying and attacking southern Lebanon.
1985: Condemns Israel for using excessive force in the occupied territories.
1985: Resolutions about cooperation, human rights, trade and development. 3 resolutions.
1985: Measures to be taken against Nazi, Fascist, and neo-Fascist activities .
1986: Calls on all governments (including the United States) to observe international law.
1986: Imposes economic and military sanctions against South Africa.
1986: Condemns Israel for its actions against Lebanese civilians.
1986: Calls on Israel to respect Muslim holy places.
1986: Condemns Israel for sky-jacking a Libyan airliner.
1986: Resolutions about cooperation, security, human rights, trade, media bias, the environment, and development: 8 resolutions.
1987: Calls on Israel to abide by the Geneva Conventions in its treatment of the Palestinians.
1987: Calls on Israel to stop deporting Palestinians.
1987: Condemns Israel for its actions in Lebanon: 2 resolutions.
1987: Calls on Israel to withdraw its forces from Lebanon.
1987: Cooperation between the UN and League of Arab States.
1987: Calls for compliance in the International Court of Justice concerning military and paramilitary activities against Nicaragua and a call to end the trade embargo against Nicaragua: 2 resolutions.
1987: Measures to prevent international terrorism, study the underlying political and economic causes of terrorism, convene a conference to define terrorism and to differentiate it from the struggle of people from national liberation.
1987: Resolutions concerning journalism, international debt, and trade: 3 resolutions.
1987: Opposition to the build up of weapons in space.
1987: Opposition to the development of new weapons of mass destruction.
1987: Opposition to nuclear testing: 2 resolutions.
1987: Proposal to set up South Atlantic "Zone of Peace".
1988: Condemns Israeli practices against Palestinians in occupied territories:
5 resolutions (1988 and 1989).
1989: Condemns US invasion of Panama.
1989: Condemns US troops for ransacking the residence of the Nicaraguan ambassador in Panama.
1989: Condemns US support for the Contra army in Nicaragua.
1989 Condemns illegal US embargo of Nicaragua.
1989: Opposing the acquisition of territory by force.
1989: Calling for a resolution to the Arab-Israeli conflict based on earlier UN resoltions.
1990: To send three UN Security Council observers to the occupied territories.
1995: Affirms that land in East Jerusalem annexed by Israel is occupied territory.
1997: Calls on Israel to cease building settlements in East Jerusalem and other occupied territories: 2 resolutions.
1999: Calls on the United States to end its trade embargo on Cuba:
8 resolutions (1992 to 1999).
2001: To send unarmed monitors to the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
2001: To set up the International Criminal Court.
2002: To renew the peace keeping mission in Bosnia.
2002: Condemns the killing of a UN worker from the United Kingdom by Israeli forces.
Condemns the destruction of the World Food Programme warehouse.
2003: Condemns a decision by the Israeli parliament to "remove" the elected Palestinian president, Yasser Arafat.
2003: Condemns the building of a wall by Israel on Palestinian land.
2003: To end the US's forty-year embargo of Cuba.
2004: Condemns the assassination of Hamas leader Sheik Ahmad Yassin.
2004: Condemns the Israeli incursion and killings in Gaza.
2004: Production and processing of weapon-usable material should be under international control.
2006: Calls for an end to Israeli military incursions and attacks on Gaza.
2006: Calls for an end to the financial embargo against Cuba.
2007: Calls for peaceful uses for outer space.
2007: Calls for a convention against female discrimination.
2007: Concerning the rights of children
2007: Concerning the right to food.
2007: On the applicability of the Geneva Convention to the protection of civilians in time of war
2007: Calls for the protection of the Global Climate.
2007: Calls for Indian Ocean to be declared a zone of peace.
Calls for a nuclear weapon-free South East Asia.
2007: Calls for the right of self determination for the Palestinian people.
Other resolutions regarding the Palestinians and their rights.
2008: Calls for progress towards an arms trade treaty.
2008: Banning the development of new weapons of mass destruction.
2008: Assuring non-nuclear states they will not be attacked or threatened with nuclear weapons.
2008: Prevention of the development of an arms race in outer space and transparency in outer space activities.
2008: Calls to decrease the operational readiness of nuclear weapons systems and to ban nuclear weapons.
2008: Calls to end the use of depleted Uranium in weapons.
2008: Concerning the trade in illicit small arms.
2008: Calls for a nuclear free Central Asia and a nuclear free S- Hemisphere.
Prevention of proliferation in the Middle East.
2008: Calls for a comprehensive (nuclear) test ban treaty.
Calls for a nuclear weapon free world.
2008: Calls for a treaty on children's rights.
2008: Condemns racial descrimination.
2008: Affirms the soverignty of Palestinians over the occupied territories and their resources.
2008: Affirms the right of the Palestinians to self determination.
2008: Calls on Israel to pay the cost of cleaning up an oil slick off the coast of Lebanon caused by its bombing.
2008: Calls for a new economic order.
2008: Calls for a right of development for nations.
2008: Calls for a right to food.
2008: Respect for the right to universal freedom of travel and the vital importance of family reunification.
2008: Concerning developments in information technology for international security.
2008: Resolutions concerning Palestine, its people, their property, and Israeli practices in Palestine, including settlements.
2009: Calls for an end to the twenty-two-day-long Israeli attack on Gaza.
2011: Calls for a halt to the illegal Israeli West Bank settlements.
2011: Calls for Israel to cease obstructing the movement and access of the staff, vehicles and supplies of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees.
2011: Calls for the immediate and complete cessation of all Israeli settlement activities in all of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan._______________________...
What I notice is that many Americans combine the Jewish religion and the state Israël to be one and the same.
That is a wrong assumption:
The state Israël has no state-religion, neither is Judeïsm one.
Seperation between church and state.
The state Israël:
Has a government, politicians, make laws that don't represent, protects, endorse human rights of every citizen.
As governments and politicians are they have often their own agenda, just plain politics.
Religion in Israël:
Among Judeïsm you will find different Christian denomanations, Muslims but also people with no religious believes at all.
Many Americans view Israël as Israël, the Holy land, Old Testament, the land where Jesus lived.
There is no problem with that at all.
However you have to keep openminded for what the state Israël, their government and politicians are doing!
Because THEY are supported by the US, without any restriction, without any criticism, without adressing human rights issues (issues that the US demands of other countries to abide by the Human Rights)
If you want some peace in that region the US should be more impartial.
Don't make the mistake that critical comments towards the STATE Israël and its government are anti-semtic.
These are two different things.
IMHO, the only purpose of foriegn aid should be to help countries that share our political views, and any country that does not should not be given any of our money.
Call it what you will, but to give aid to our enemies is paramount to treason.
We once had a president that said, "speak softly but carry a big stick" and I believe his words were true, so when soft words do not work, it is time to use that big stick.
So any country that openly supports the terrorist, that continue to attack us, should be open to the use of whatever weapons we can bring to bear upon them.
With our air power, there is no reason to employ troops on the ground when we have the capability of destroying cities and govenments from the air without putting any troops in danger, and if government approved terrorist continue to attack us, we should eliminate them along with any government that backs, sponsors, or supports them in amy way.
I realize this sounds harsh, but the safety of Americans should be paramount to us, and should be accomplished by whatever means required.