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Originally posted by YooperSigs:
Oxymoron:
"Peace in the Middle East".
No more Foreign Aid money to anyone. Except a proven long term ally.

And even then, sparingly.

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With Elk Hunters post in mind, use Foreign Aid money to gut and rebuild the VA.

Uh, no. The VA needs to be disbanded and our Vet's given medical cards they can use at the doctor(s) of their choice. No more driving for hours to the doctor, getting substandard care, and costing the taxpayers a fortune to perpetuate another worthless government run boondoggle. The VA had its place and time many years ago, but its completely unnecessary in today's world.

Its about time, giving aid to other countries while we have starving kids and homeless people here. American First.

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Originally posted by bigdeal:

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Originally posted by YooperSigs:
Oxymoron:
"Peace in the Middle East".
No more Foreign Aid money to anyone. Except a proven long term ally.

And even then, sparingly.

quote:

With Elk Hunters post in mind, use Foreign Aid money to gut and rebuild the VA.

Uh, no. The VA needs to be disbanded and our Vet's given medical cards they can use at the doctor(s) of their choice. No more driving for hours to the doctor, getting substandard care, and costing the taxpayers a fortune to perpetuate another worthless government run boondoggle. The VA had its place and time many years ago, but its completely unnecessary in today's world.

I agree that the real solution to VA medical crap is to do away with it, give all eligible vets what amounts to a credit card good for any doctor or medical facility in the USA.

My wife was talking to some of the vets at the Richmond facility while waiting for grandson. None of them were happy, every one had the same complaints. Long lines, no service, hours of wait time. One vet told her he had been going there for more than 5 years, treating the same thing, and they would NOT give him the approval to go to a civilian facility.

Grandson applied to have his 60% disability upgraded to 100% due to major PTSD problems.

19 MONTHS AGO, HAS HEARD NOTHING, AND GETS NO ANSWERS AS TO WHY!

Since they hate us anyway let them do it for free! +1 on giving the money to the VA for our vets!

Government-funded NGOs, what a racket!!! Think of all that taxpayer-funded salaries, travel & expenses coming to a stop and no more brand-new Toyota Land Cruisers!

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Originally posted by lkdr1989:
Government-funded NGOs, what a racket!!! Think of all that taxpayer-funded salaries, travel & expenses coming to a stop and no more brand-new Toyota Land Cruisers!

Exactly! Another example of 1984 "doublespeak." As someone posted earlier, get them off the Govt tit, and use the savings to address vet health care or build the wall!

Palestinians were Philistines millennia ago, and still are today. Good move, Trump!

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Originally posted by bigdeal:

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Originally posted by YooperSigs:
Oxymoron:
"Peace in the Middle East".
No more Foreign Aid money to anyone. Except a proven long term ally.

And even then, sparingly.

quote:

With Elk Hunters post in mind, use Foreign Aid money to gut and rebuild the VA.

Uh, no. The VA needs to be disbanded and our Vet's given medical cards they can use at the doctor(s) of their choice. No more driving for hours to the doctor, getting substandard care, and costing the taxpayers a fortune to perpetuate another worthless government run boondoggle. The VA had its place and time many years ago, but its completely unnecessary in today's world.

I totally agree with your proposal.

And Other anti-USA counties aid should be cut unless its a natural disaster, there are many.

even the (a natural disaster), I'd be reluctant to help

if they want MY money they should earn it

We should’ve let Israel kill Arafat when they had the chance.

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Originally posted by sigcrazy7:
Palestinians were Philistines millennia ago, and still are today. Good move, Trump!

I seem to recall the “Palestinians” are a modern creation. As in 1948. When Isreal came into being its neighbors declared war and attacked. In the fighting, Arabs living in the area moved to to refugee camps. The same camps that exist today. There were two versions for this movement of people. First, the fighting and the Israelis forced people out, be it security or ethnic cleansing. Second, the Arab states encouraged people to leave with the promise that they’d return once Isreal was defeate. Take your puck.
Since then the camps have been places where the manpower comes from in the fight against Isreal. The camps have also been held up as a claim of how means Isreal is. That the camps could have been emptied and settlements made is ignored.

Iran,China,North Korea I would like to see the list trimmed a great deal more.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/..._Assistance_received

Official Development Assistance received in millions of US dollars[6] Continent Country 2012 2013 2015
Asia Afghanistan 6,725.0 5,265.95 4,237.29
Europe Albania 341.6 298.38 333.58
Africa Algeria 144.5 207.96 87.49
Africa Angola 242.3 287.61 380.06
Americas Antigua & Barbuda 2.3 1.5 1.49
Americas Argentina 178.9 30.12232 -18.87
Europe Armenia 272.7 292.76 347.48
Europe Azerbaijan 284.9 -63.13 69.62
Asia Bangladesh 2,152.0 2,669.1 2,570.1
Europe Belarus 103.2 104.68 104.58
Americas Belize 25.1 49.55 28.27
Africa Benin 511.3 652.61 430.14
Asia Bhutan 161.2 134.69 97.28
Americas Bolivia 658.6 699.15 791.31
Europe Bosnia-Herzegovina 571.1 550.04 355.03
Africa Botswana 73.8 108.38 65.54
Americas Brazil 1.2 1,150.17 1,003.15
Africa Burkina Faso 1,158.5 1,040.11 996.99
Africa Burundi 522.7 546.27 366.54
Asia Cambodia 807.4 804.81 679.04
Africa Cameroon 596.2 737.49 663.08
Africa Cape Verde 246.1 243.37
Africa Central African Republic 227.2 189.25 486.73
Africa Chad 478.5 399.33 606.65
Americas Chile 125.5 78.52 54.330
Asia China -194,13 -651,11 -332.27
Americas Colombia 764.4 852.03 1,355.86
Africa Comoros 68.6 81.9 65.78
Africa Congo, Dem. Rep. 2,859.3 2,572.2 2,599.04
Africa Congo, Rep. 138.6 150.4 88.88
Americas Costa Rica 32.7 37.77 111.30
Africa Côte d'Ivoire 2,635.6 1,262 653.06
Americas Cuba 87.8 101.24 552.73
Africa Djibouti 146.5 152.95 169.56
Americas Dominica 25.6 19.8 11.71
Americas Dominican Republic 261.3 148.13 279.96
Americas Ecuador 149.4 147.8 318.16
Africa Egypt 1,806.6 5,505 2,499.43
Americas El Salvador 230.4 171.3 89.70
Africa Equatorial Guinea 14.2 5.7 7.49
Africa Eritrea 133.7 83.69 94.12
Africa Ethiopia 3,261.3 3,826.2 3,233.71
Oceania Fiji 107.3 90.9 102.48
Africa Gabon 73.2 90.8 98.78
Africa Gambia 138.8 110.8 107.68
Europe Georgia 662.2 652.7 448.93
Africa Ghana 1,807.9 1,330.5 1,768.69
Americas Grenada 7.6 10 24.1
Americas Guatemala 299.4 494.1 411.29
Africa Guinea 339.6 499.5 538.04
Africa Guinea-Bissau 98.9 103.6 95.04
Americas Guyana 114.4 101.8 32.14
Americas Haiti 1,275.1 1,170.5 1,045.86
Americas Honduras 571.5 627.6 540.52
Asia India 1,667.63 2,435.68 3,174.35
Asia Indonesia 67.8 53.3 -33.4
Middle East Iran 148.8 131.3 110.90
Middle East Iraq 1,300.7 1,541.4 1,482.94
Americas Jamaica 21.0 70.3 59.07
Middle East Jordan 1,416.9 1,407.9 2,151.85
Asia Kazakhstan 129.6 91.3 82.50
Africa Kenya 2,654.0 3,236.2 2,464.18
Oceania Kiribati 64.6 64.4 64.95
Asia North Korea 98.1 109 131.43
Europe Kosovo 567.6 437.81
Asia Kyrgyzstan 472.9 536.6 769.99
Asia Laos 408.9 421 471.09
Middle East Lebanon 710.2 626.4 974.92
Africa Lesotho 282.6 320 83.14
Africa Liberia 570.9 534.2 1,094.43
Africa Libya 87.0 129.4 157.37
Europe Macedonia 148.9 251.6 214.32
Africa Madagascar 378.6 499.7 676.97
Africa Malawi 1,174.6 1,125.8 1,049.38
Asia Malaysia 15.3 -119.4 -600
Asia Maldives 58.0 22.9 26.83
Africa Mali 1,001.3 1,391.3 1,204.13
Oceania Marshall Islands 76.0 93.7 57.06
Africa Mauritania 408.3 291.2 318.0
Africa Mauritius 177.8 148.3 78.42
Americas Mexico 417.8 560.6 321.07
Oceania Micronesia, Federated States of 115.0 142.9 81.39
Europe Moldova 473.0 374.4 312.58
Asia Mongolia 448.7 428.2 236.34
Europe Montenegro 103.2 127.3 99.96
Africa Morocco 1,480.3 1,966.1 1,481.43
Africa Mozambique 2,096.9 2,314.1 1,814.74
Asia Myanmar 504.0 3934.8 1,168.5
Africa Namibia 264.8 261.7 142.38
Oceania Nauru 31.25
Asia Nepal 769.7 870.5 1,224.78
Americas Nicaragua 532.3 496.6 457.92
Africa Niger 901.8 773.1 867.99
Africa Nigeria 1,915.8 2,529.4 2,431.5
Asia Pakistan 2,019.0 2,174.1 3,747.5
Oceania Palau 15.0 35.2 13.93
Asia Palestine 1,871.21
Americas Panama 50.7 6.8 10.25
Asia Papua New Guinea 664.8 656.2 591.39
Americas Paraguay 104.4 129.4 60.18
Americas Peru 393.8 367.5 334.83
Asia Philippines 515.31
Africa Rwanda 878.9 1,081.1 1,085.33
Oceania Samoa 120.6 118.1 93.72
Africa São Tomé and Príncipe 48.7 51.7 48.95
Africa Senegal 1,080.1 982.8 879.12
Europe Serbia 1,089.8 783.2 312.48
Africa Seychelles 35.3 25.4 6.78
Africa Sierra Leone 442.8 443.7 946.33
Oceania Solomon Islands 304.9 288.3 190.03
Africa Somalia 998.6 991.9 1,253.37
Africa South Africa 1,067.1 1,292.9 1,420.27
Africa South Sudan 1,578.0 1,447.4 1,674.83
Asia Sri Lanka 487.5 423.2 427.23
Americas St. Kitts & Nevis 21.9 29.3
Americas St. Lucia 26.8 24.3 13.76
Americas Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 8.5 7.5 13.5
Africa Sudan 983.2 1,163.1 899.78
Americas Suriname 39.6 29.8 15.98
Africa Swaziland 88.1 115.9 93.63
Middle East Syria 1,671.5 3,626.7 4,889.74
Asia Tajikistan 393.9 382.2 426.35
Africa Tanzania 2,831.8 3,430.2 2,582.24
Asia Thailand -134.7 -23.7 58.67
Asia Timor-Leste 283.0 257.8 212.29
Africa Togo 241.4 220.5 199.59
Oceania Tonga 78.2 80.3 68.40
Africa Tunisia 1,017.0 713.6 474.54
Europe Turkey 3,033.1 2,740.5 2,145.22
Asia Turkmenistan 38.0 37.3 23.62
Oceania Tuvalu 24.4 26.6 49.65
Africa Uganda 1,655.1 1,692.5 1,628.2
Europe Ukraine 769.2 800.7 1,449.35
Americas Uruguay 19.3 35.7 23.18
Asia Uzbekistan 255.2 292.5 447.81
Oceania Vanuatu 101.4 90.5 186.56
Americas Venezuela 48.1 35.4 36.59
Asia Vietnam 4,115.7 4,084.7 3,157.36
Middle East Yemen 709.3 1,003.5 1,531.38
Africa Zambia 957.7 1,142.4 797.14
Africa Zimbabwe 1,001.2 811 788.29
AFRICA [TOTAL] 46,003.5
EUROPE [TOTAL] 5,439.9
ASIA [TOTAL] 25,970.5
AMERICAS [TOTAL] 7,782.4
MIDDLE EAST [TOTAL] 11,258.7
OCEANIA [TOTAL] 1,007.4
WORLD [TOTAL] 97,462.6 152,727.7

Another good source here: https://explorer.usaid.gov/cd

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Originally posted by Icabod:

quote:

Originally posted by sigcrazy7:
Palestinians were Philistines millennia ago, and still are today. Good move, Trump!

I seem to recall the “Palestinians” are a modern creation. As in 1948. When Isreal came into being its neighbors declared war and attacked. In the fighting, Arabs living in the area moved to to refugee camps. The same camps that exist today. There were two versions for this movement of people. First, the fighting and the Israelis forced people out, be it security or ethnic cleansing. Second, the Arab states encouraged people to leave with the promise that they’d return once Isreal was defeate. Take your puck.
Since then the camps have been places where the manpower comes from in the fight against Isreal. The camps have also been held up as a claim of how means Isreal is. That the camps could have been emptied and settlements made is ignored.

No matter what their history, they're still philistines.

What took so long. All foreign aid should be reviewed annually, if not prior to each payment being made. Thank you Mr. President, please keep up the good work.

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Originally posted by Sunset_Va:
And Other anti-USA counties aid should be cut unless its a natural disaster, there are many.

No, my proposal there would be to only match the aid sent by other countries. Why does the US always have to be the one to write the checks for everyone else's problems? We can help, but only when other first world countries do.

Help those who help us.....Otherwise, fuck off.

America First.

Arabs can help that imaginary country. Fuck 'em.