Posts Tagged ‘Palestine’

How to Burn a Billion Dollars

Friday, February 27th, 2009

Now the US government is going to send $900 million to help rebuild Gaza. Rebuild? Bombings occur in Gaza all the time. And as long as Hamas is bombing Israelies, it will probably continue.

That’s only the tip of the iceberg of this fallacy.

Apparently, they’ve already forgotten that whatever aid we send to the Palestinians eventually ends up in the hands of Hamas. Just earlier this month, the UN had to discontinue shipments because they haven’t been able to stop Hamas police from stealing all the supplies. This militant group has killed tens of thousands of civilians and executes suicide-bombings on a regular basis. Why are we funding their war?

Hamas Supporters in Gaza

Hamas Supporters in Gaza

Why do people think that Obama’s policies will make terrorists like the United States? On the contrary, Al Qaeda is mocking him! Terrorists aren’t rational people… Think about it, they blow themselves up!

Furthermore, is it really a good idea to send a billion dollars to Palestine when we are in a deepening recession with no sight in end? Actions like this have caused China to rethink backing the US dollar, and if they pull out their investment our money will be practically worthless. And you think the economy is bad now…