Cal Thomas says US should Cut Aid to Palestinians

[JI7]

While the United States has limited options in the region, it does have one that could help undermine Hamas and free Gaza from its real occupiers. The U.S. should eliminate financial aid to the Palestinian Authority, which has been provided in the false hope that “moderation” would prevail over terrorism. According to the Congressional Research Service, “Since the establishment of limited Palestinian self-rule in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in the mid-1990s, the U.S. government has committed approximately $5 billion in bilateral assistance to the Palestinians, who are among the largest per capita recipients of international foreign aid.” What have we gotten for it?

A bill sponsored by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) would prohibit any direct U.S. assistance, loan guarantee, or debt relief to the authority so long as it is affiliated with Hamas. The bill is currently tied up in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. It should be voted out and debated by the full Senate.

http://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/opinion/columnists/2014/07/22/us-cut-aid-palestinians/13030657/

[TexasTowelie]

1. What did Cal say about the $3 billion in aid given to Israel

each year by the US?

[dballance]

2. NADA, of course.

$3bn in aid to Israel part of which supports about 25% of their defense budget is just fine. Sending humanitarian aid, not arms, to people who have been under siege for years - not so good.

[brewens]

3. I saw Cal on C-SPAN2 telling about an email he got where they spelled morons wrong. Wanna

bet that was someone mocking him using the teabagger "moran" joke? I know it has to be and it went right over his head. So now he's all proud of his proof that some liberal spelled morons wrong!

[cpwm17]

4. Cool, some right-winger thinks we should cut aid to the Palestinians

including the PA for their unity government. He's right there with Israel. That's a big reason why Israel initiated this aggression in the first place: to destroy Palestine's new unity government.

I don't know if Cal Thomas has ever written anything I agree with. Then again I avoid writers such as him.

[longship]

5. Apparently there is plenty of embalming fluid to keep Cal going.

One never knows if the supply will hold up. In the meantime, we will undoubtedly be blessed by his pronouncements.

Normally, I ignore them.