Thread: Ok, now I'm really furious!

Nevermind the fact that I'm usually never in a good mood anymore because of the illegal alien invasion, but get this:

http://insider.washingtontimes.com/arti ... 2134-7176r

U.S., Hezbollah vie to rebuild for Lebanese

By Sharon Behn
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
August 18, 2006

The United States and its allies are rushing billions of dollars for the reconstruction of Lebanon while Iran provides cash through its proxy, Hezbollah, in a race to establish long-term political influence among the country's war-ravaged Shi'ite communities.
Saudi Arabia and Kuwait are sending $2 billion, said a Lebanese source close to the majority party in government, and the United States has publicly promised $50 million in humanitarian assistance. That sum will likely be increased at an international pledging conference later this month.
Hezbollah, which successfully held off the Israeli military in the monthlong war that ended Monday, is already working with residents of the south to rebuild homes and businesses destroyed in the conflict.
"This is an opportunity to do more than just rebuild, but to help to shape Lebanon's future, and probably that is the biggest challenge," said Rick Barton, who studies post-conflict reconstruction at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.
Lebanese troops yesterday began marching across the Litani River to reassert control over the region for the first time in decades. But negotiations for a 15,000-member United Nations-sanctioned international force to bolster their efforts made little progress.
The Israeli army said it had begun "transferring responsibility" over captured territory in a staged process that was "conditional on the reinforcement of UNIFIL and the ability of the Lebanese army to take effective control of the area," according to Reuters news agency.
UNIFIL, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, is to be substantially reinforced and rearmed.
But France, which has offered to lead the international effort, yesterday approved an initial contingent of only 200 troops to join the 2,000 U.N. soldiers already in the country.
Hezbollah leaders have boasted that Iran will finance their reconstruction program, which could cost several billion dollars. That, said Kamal Nawash of the Free Muslims Coalition, would make Hezbollah even more influential in Lebanon than it is now.
"If they don't rebuild Lebanon, they will be destroyed. They told their supporters from the first day of the war, 'don't worry, we will rebuild,' and the people of Lebanon expect Hezbollah to come through," said Mr. Nawash, whose Washington-based think tank focuses on the Middle East and Muslim world.
"This is also a test of how willing Iran is to establish this relationship and how dedicated they are to Hezbollah's presence. If they are, Hezbollah will live to fight another day," Mr. Nawash said.
Rebuilding the country quickly will also be a test for the Lebanese government.
"It is very important to us who rebuilds the south; it is very important that the government is seen as the main actor and the main player in the south," said a Lebanese source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
A donors' conference for Lebanon is expected to convene at the end of the month in Sweden to organize a flow of funds to the country that will complement the money already promised.
"I think people now will not let Lebanon fall through the cracks; they want to do something to help Lebanon stand on its feet," said the source.
Assistant Administrator Michael Hess said the U.S. Agency for International Development was working closely with Beirut to deliver humanitarian assistance and would then move into the rehabilitation and reconstruction phases.
"We have to assess as we go along," said Mr. Hess, adding that rebuilding was "going to take a long time, we are talking years."
Some analysts called for a greater sense of urgency.
"Hezbollah engineers are already on the ground doing the preliminary work on rebuilding," said David Schenker, a senior fellow on Arab politics at the Washington Institute. "The key issue here is speed."


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Let me get this straight. It's bad enough that we have to pay for war's in Iraq and Afghanistan, BUT NOW WE ARE ON THE HOOK FOR A WAR WE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH, THAT WE WERE NOT INVOLVED IN. WHY SHOULD MY TAX DOLLARS GO TOWARD THIS? WHAT'S NEXT? ARE WE GOING TO START USING OUR TAX DOLLARS TO PAY OFF HEZBOLLAH? WE'RE SORRY YOU GUYS GOT INTO A WAR WE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH, HERE'S A FEW BILLION FROM GULLIBLE UNCLE SAM FOR YOUR TROUBLES, I HOPE YOU DON'T USE THAT FOR BOMBS AGAINST US, BUT HERE YOU GO.

Our government is so corrupt and brain dead it's not even funny. Enough is enough, we need to stop this madness. This is our money here, but the government just doesn't care. They think that they can just use our money wily nilly as they please and it doesn't matter how they spend it or how much of it they spend and if we raise a fuzz then they'll just tell us we're being paranoid, racist, uncompassionate or whatever and raise our taxes some more. I'm tired of this crap. Where do they get the money from since we're in so much debt?

I don't see why we should be responsible for this. Why? Not one American soldier stepped foot in this conflict, but yet we're doing the majority of the reconstruction. The worst thing is, is that I haven't seen Congress (the body of government who is suppose to be in charge of money and budget issues) have one vote on this issue. They just let Bush do whatever he wants, no limits. Congress grow a pair and tell Bush enough is enough. I'd be so happy if we could just deport the entire congress and the white house.

Contact your congressmen and demand to know why we have to pay for this and demand they stop spending our money like a bunch of drunken sailors.

Lebanon will take our money gladly, but will still be on Hezbollah's side, IMO. After all, it's an Muslim nation, Hezbollah has a history there of giving out food, having schools (indoctrination), hospitals, and paying rent to store weapons in residential areas, plus standing up against the US and Israel.

We are broke as a nation, look at the deficit. I could NOT run MY household like that, neither could you, without getting into problems with my creditors.

United States has publicly promised $50 million in humanitarian assistance.

I wonder how many more ICE agents, for employer raids/sweeps, $50 million would support?

I wonder how many more ICE agents, for employer raids/sweeps, $50 million would support?

I don't know but it sure would be a good start on that border fence.....

the things our leaders do simply leave me speechless! I think we need a huge income tax sit out!

Originally Posted by nittygritty

the things our leaders do simply leave me speechless! I think we need a huge income tax sit out!

I'm all for it. These idiots think they can spend our money however they please and expect us to just shut up and keep paying the tab without any regards for how we feel about it, no regards for the constitution or the rule of law. I'm sick of paying for crap that I'm not responsible for that is totally unconstitutional. Let Israel and the Arab gutter pay for this crap. I don't ever want to hear another politican claim we don't have the money to build a fence, secure our borders or enforce immigration laws when they blow billions on crap like this.

Lets stop paying our taxes and see how quick these idiots stop the madness. The sad part is most Americans still have their heads in the sand and don't know what their rotten government is doing to them. Our elected officials are not above the law or the constitution no matter how much they think they are.

BTW do any of you think our founding fathers would have bleed and died for this crap?