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| U.S. Cuts Aid Amid Dispute Over Court |
| 2004-02-04 |
| Not like the old day when you could get aid and still bash the US for domestic political purposes. What was it called? Oh yes, biting the hand that feeds you. Washington will withhold $15 million in military aid to Ecuador because it did not sign an agreement granting U.S. military members immunity from the International Criminal Court, U.S. Ambassador Kristie Kenney said. The U.S. has frozen millions in aid to 35 countries in Africa, Europe, Asia and Central and South America after they failed to meet a July 1 deadline to exempt American troops and other personnel from prosecution before the court. The Bush administration fears the court could subject U.S. soldiers to politically motivated prosecutions. Ninety-two countries have ratified the treaty establishing the court. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #7 What a surprising hatchet job by the LA Times. If you read the whole story in Newsday (on Monday?) you would learn that the only aid that is being frozen is military aid. Humanitarian Aid will continue to the benefit of the baby ducks of Lima. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-2-4 10:04:38 PM |
| #6 My only comment is, Why in he$$ are we thinking about giving money to anybody in the first place? "Foreign aid" is nothing but government-approved bribery, and it's time to put a stop to all of it. Then we can cut the State Department directorate that oversees it, and dump a bunch of striped-pants liberal whiners into the unemployment line. After we do that, come back to me, I've got a few thousand more suggestions to clean up the cesspool known as Washington, DC. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2004-2-4 7:06:35 PM |
| #5 One more reason to vote for Bush -- not that I actually need more reasons. |
| Posted by: Tom 2004-2-4 6:56:38 PM |
| #4 Egypt, please? |
| Posted by: BH 2004-2-4 11:29:41 AM |
| #3 Isn't it refreshing that we have entered into an era of "Deeds have Consquencies"? |
| Posted by: Gasse Katze 2004-2-4 11:10:22 AM |
| #2 I'd take all this "aid" that's been frozen and put it to good use elsewhere and assume that restoring this money in the future to previous recipients will not be necessary. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-2-4 10:39:14 AM |
| #1 Yet another reason not to vote for John Kerry or How-weird Dean or any other Democrat this fall. Under President Kerry, all this money will be restored, with a full apology. |
| Posted by: Captain Holly 2004-2-4 10:19:22 AM |