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| 2007-12-18 |
| Led by Europe, international donors on Monday pledged $7.4 billion over three years to help Palestinians as new peace talks begin with Israel, yet old Mideast fights over disputed land and freedom of movement shadowed the largest show of support for the Palestinians in more than a decade. I planned to post more of this article, but found the going too difficult. This staggering amount of money is instantly dismissed in favor of whining, seething and hyperventilating about Hamastan. The goalposts move visibly as you read down the page. This is absolutely shameful. |
| Posted by:Seafarious |
| #13 Looking for me? |
| Posted by: l 2007-12-18 20:29 |
| #12 "The United States would give $555 million of that. The U.S. money includes about $400 million that the White House announced but has not been approved by Congress." Hopefully Rice is using the Gore Kyoto approach and this will die on Capitol Hill too. |
| Posted by: Darre 2007-12-18 14:00 |
| #11 Give it to them in Zambi dollars. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2007-12-18 09:43 |
| #10 Like givin lots of free heroin to junkies. I sure hope these folks won't be shocked when nothing changes. But, of course, they will be... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-12-18 09:32 |
| #9 I wonder if that $544 was accounted for in the US budget using the accrual method. |
| Posted by: gorb 2007-12-18 08:21 |
| #8 I believe the reason they need this money is because so many of the last round of promises were never fulfilled. So we must wait patiently to find out what $7.4 billion means in the real world. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-12-18 08:19 |
| #7 Suha is off to Paris to shop, shop, shop. |
| Posted by: ed 2007-12-18 07:56 |
| #6 mhw - the money is all in gift cards redeemable at establishments owned by various 'friends' of leading politicians, or something like that (hey, it's how the Katrina relief worked.) |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2007-12-18 07:03 |
| #5 much (probably most) of these pledges have conditions attached |
| Posted by: mhw 2007-12-18 05:53 |
| #4 LION IN WINTER > Katherine Hepburn as QUEEN ELEANOR OF AQUITANE - And now, my children, you know the importance of sex = MTV Headbangers Ball upon history. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-12-18 04:25 |
| #3 OTOH, IRIN/TOPIX > RISING SEA LEVELS MAY LEAD TO NEW ME TENSIONS. Global Warming = rising regional-world seas = freshwater aquifer in Gaza [coastal Israel]threatened = Paleos in Gaza threatened. LUCIANNE > NO MORE WORLD RECORDS AFTER 2060. Humans already using 99% of present body capacity. ION, MORE NEW "LANDS" SEEN IN THE SKIES OVER GUAM, AWAY FROM GUAM. Hmmmm, Future Northern Guam + future massive tsunamis [Apophis? 2030?]. WILL PAULA ABDUL = ANN COULTER = PARIS/LINDSAY REMEMBERETH??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-12-18 04:22 |
| #2 Sort of begs the question... with all of this Jew hating sympathy money, why do they need one red phueching cent from US tax payers. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2007-12-18 02:51 |
| #1 OBL: Yasser, why I'm considered a terrorist and have to live in a cave while you are Nobel Peace Laureate? Arafat: I only kill Jews. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2007-12-18 02:47 |