Welch, the assistant secretary of state, said the U.S.was offering $30 million worth of goods, part of what was hoped would be a $150 million international aid package. He said the U.S.assistance would include medical kits for 100,000 people and 20,000 blankets.
Thirty-million is what we spend every 3 hours and 32 minutes in Iraq, hour after hour. In a normal year (and there hasn't been one of those in a while) this is the amount that we give Israel every three days.
You're right, Bustard. The lack of proportionality goes back a long way. You can count and so can the 1.5 million Muslims who are becoming increasingly disgusted by the U.S. and Israel's lack of regard for Muslim life. Thirty million dollars is an insult, when our bombs and armaments have created billions of dollars in damage, hundreds of thousands of refugees, thousands of wounded and hundreds of deaths. Israel claims to be a victim while it acts as a bully. People are still afraid of the Israel lobby, but as we in America increasingly pay the price for this savage behavior, that fear will lesson and the tide will turn.
Posted by: sisterblog | July 26, 2006 at 10:14 PM
Sorry bustard. Correction. 1.5 BILLION Muslims. And for this we allow 7 million Israelis, not even the population of New York, and really six million if you take out the Israeli Arabs, to wreak havoc in the world. What are we thinking?
Posted by: sisterblog | July 26, 2006 at 10:15 PM
You are not thinking.
Posted by: Rick | July 27, 2006 at 10:59 AM