U.S. Cuts More Than $200 Million in Aid to Palestinians

U.S. Cuts More Than $200 Million in Aid to Palestinians https://t.co/9OMQcXkByK

— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) August 24, 2018

Trump to PLO: No Negotiations, No Money

President Puts Squeeze On Palestinians... https://t.co/Wwgs7seIgu

— DRUDGE REPORT (@DRUDGE_REPORT) January 25, 2018

Trump to PLO: No Negotiations, No Money https://t.co/fgBfthyewr

— Daniel Greenfield (@Sultanknish) January 25, 2018

"We don't like to see our money going to countries that burn our flag."

U.S. puts Pakistan on notice: do more to stop terrorism https://t.co/kUzPTTNIoh

— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) January 2, 2018

"We don't like to see our money going to countries that burn our flag." — @RandPaul on @POTUS withholding military aid to Pakistan https://t.co/fpuzzt5Yn9 pic.twitter.com/q4JKZVjCvA

— Fox News (@FoxNews) January 2, 2018

#BREAKING: Trump admin suspends security assistance to Pakistan. Rand Paul introduces bill to end aid to Pakistan

#BREAKING: Trump admin suspends security assistance to Pakistan https://t.co/LpWJGffCxL pic.twitter.com/HY7j5C7gK3

— The Hill (@thehill) January 4, 2018

I’m introducing a bill to end aid to Pakistan in the coming days. My bill will take the money that would have gone to Pakistan and put it in an infrastructure fund to build roads and bridges here at home. pic.twitter.com/SHlA00rWEd

— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) January 4, 2018

So I must ask, what part of President Barack Obama financing Islamic terrorism do you NOT understand?

◼ We are watching the left do its darndest to defend the indefensible, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) — always beware when politicians use the word “comprehensive” — which is the official name of the Iranian nuclear agreement. Funny thing, it says “joint,” but the Iranians are telling the Americans we cannot take part in the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) inspections — and it has been revealed that there are secret side deals between the IAEA and Iran. The Iranian emissary to the IAEA stated that the terms will not be disclosed to any other country — so much for “joint.” - Allen West

Iran to Get More Cash than All U.S. Aid to Israel Since 1948

Iran to Get More Cash than All U.S. Aid to Israel Since 1948... http://t.co/SfuzCb6XK1

— DRUDGE REPORT (@DRUDGE_REPORT) July 27, 2015

WAR: Top Dem Refuses To Back Iran Deal... http://t.co/Kb7Wmyf0LN

— DRUDGE REPORT (@DRUDGE_REPORT) July 27, 2015

"You hate to think that a president would do this on purpose but I think he has: The president lied to us" on #IranDeal inspections."

— Stephen Hayes (@stephenfhayes) July 27, 2015

Why the idea that economic and social pressure can keep Hezbollah in check is deeply flawed

What Iran Will Buy With Obama’s $50 Billion – Tablet Magazine http://t.co/PAnWEWikrD

— Roger Simon (@rogerlsimon) June 14, 2015

U.S. administration officials are still defending the nuclear deal by assuring us that Iran will only use the $50 billion “signing bonus” they expect to receive on the country’s internal needs. No Iranian official has ever promised that, not even to the Iranian people who have been struggling with economic hardships. Yet the U.S. administration has presumed that Iran’s infrastructure is more significant to the regime than hegemony over Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq.

...Unfortunately, the Obama Administration’s big hopes are unlikely to pan out, for two big reasons. One, no one has forced or will force Iran—deal or no deal—to stop its military operations in the region, so why would they? They can spend the $50 billion both internally and on their regional militias and maintain some kind of “Resistance Economy” until sanctions are lifted and investments get going. Two, Syria is too significant for Iran to just let go, as Iranian officials have declared publicly many times. Without Syria, Iran will lose its link to Hezbollah and thereby its leverage over Lebanon and its borders with Israel. If this leverage is lost, Iran will be forced to let go of its ambitions to become a main regional player and to forget about exporting the Islamic Revolution, the hope on which the regime was founded.

Obama to Nigerian Christians: Change Laws on Abortion, Homosexuality If You Want Protection from Boko Haram

◼ A Catholic Bishop from Nigeria has leveled an explosive charge against President Barack Obama over his failure to adequately help Nigeria in the African nation’s fight againt the Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram that might explain why Obama has let Boko Haram slaughter Nigerian Christians and rape and enslave Christian girls. - Jim Hoft/Gateway Pundit

Bishop Emmanuel Badejo spoke ◼ in Rome to Aleteia, saying of the Obama administration:

“The United States actually said it would help Nigeria with Boko Haram only if we modify our laws concerning homosexuality, family planning, and birth control.”

A Wall Street Journal article about an interview with Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan published last week described “various issues” supposedly keeping the Obama administration from providing more support to Nigeria in its fight against Boko Haram, but did not mention the morals issues claimed by Bishop Badejo....

In August 2014, then U.S. Rep. Steve Stockman(R-TX) made a similar charge to Bishop Badejo’s, saying the Obama administration was withholding aid to Nigeria in the fight against Boko Haram in part over Nigeria’s “social policy.”

The charge was denied by a State Department offical at ◼ a recent House hearing.

...A Reuters article on Western criticism of the law noted that Nigeria not being dependent on Western financial aid gave those governments little leverage to pressure Nigeria. If Bishop Badejo is correct, President Obama has decided the leverage he has is to punish Nigeria by letting Boko Haram slaughter Christians and rape and enslave Christian girls.

US aid to Syrian opposition tops $1 billion mark

◼ According to USAID (United States Agency For International Development), the federal agency in charge of distributing the vast majority of foreign aid monies to other countries, United States taxpayers have paid for over one billion dollars in foreign aid packages to help support the “Syrian Humanitarian Response." - Breitbart's Big Peace

Despite the threat of continued chemical attacks against the Syrian people that has served as the focal point of rallying cries for advocates of US military intervention (including the Obama administration), The Daily Beast reported that gas masks were not among the items purchased with the American billion-dollar aid package. While the President and his deputies (namely Secretary of State John Kerry) continue to forcefully denounce what they now claim to be incontrovertibly proven chemical weapons use by the Syrian Government, the Executive Branch notably omitted to include funding for gas masks in its omnibus aid package.

Instead, The Obama Administration armed the Syrian Opposition with advanced weaponry.
The Al Nusra Front, a Syrian Opposition group that is believed to be one of the primary recipients of US aid, swore allegiance to Al Qaeda in April.

Obama Administration Secretly Suspended Military Aid to Egypt...

◼ The U.S. government has decided privately to act as if the military takeover of Egypt was a coup, temporarily suspending most forms of military aid, despite deciding not to announce publicly a coup determination one way or the other, according to a leading U.S. senator. - Josh Rogin/Daily Beast

The office of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), the head of the Appropriations State and Foreign Operations Subcommittee, told The Daily Beast on Monday that military aid to Egypt has been temporarily cut off.

“[Senator Leahy’s] understanding is that aid to the Egyptian military has been halted, as required by law,” said David Carle, a spokesman for Leahy.

The administration’s public message is that $585 million of promised aid to the Egyptian military in fiscal 2013 is not officially on hold, as technically it is not due until Sept. 30, the end of the fiscal year, and no final decisions have been made.

◼ PRESIDENT OBAMA, DO NOT CUT OFF AID TO EGYPT - Atlas Shrugs

f the US cuts off aid to Egypt, it sends a signal of support for the genocidal Muslim Brotherhood. Write your members of Congress and urge them not to cut off aid.

If we abandon freedom, the consequences will come back to bite us for decades to come.

“It’s not a coup because the military did not take power,” Mohamed Tawfik, the Egyptian ambassador in Washington, told Foreign Policy magazine. “The military did not initiate it. It was a popular uprising. The military stepped in in order to avoid violence.”

◼ A Coup? Or Something Else? $1.5 Billion in U.S. Aid Is on the Line - New York Times
◼ Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood on Thursday condemned the military coup that has ousted Egypt's Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, calling it a "US-led conspiracy." - Ahram Online
◼ Egypt’s second revolution: Questions of legitimacy - Ahram Online
◼ KERRY CALLED DEPOSED FOREIGN MINISTER, ASKED IF HE WAS STILL IN POWER - Breitbart

According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, Amr “had tendered his resignation hours earlier but agreed to stay on.” Kerry wanted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi to call new presidential elections, replace the prime minister, and bring others into his government. When Morsi said no, the coup was on.

The Journal notes, “The moment served to underscore the Obama administration's limited ability to steer events in a Middle East still being swept by political upheaval.

◼ Obama’s propped up Muslim Brotherhood Bosom Buddy Out! - Judi McLeod/Canada Free Press

Egypt Opposition Blames U.S. for Supporting Morsi Regime

◼ An Egyptian opposition group accused the US of "being partner to a conspiracy to keep President Mohamed Morsi in power." - Elizabeth Shield/Breitbart (Image source: ◼ The Big Pharaoh)

Obama addressed the situation in Egypt on Saturday explaining "The United States supported democracy in Egypt. It’s been challenging given there has not been a tradition of democracy in Egypt." he said. "Our most immediate concerns have to do with our embassies and consulates."

In June, the Secretary of State John Kerry quietly gave $1.3 billion in military aid to Egypt. The money was given a month after a memo admitted "we are not satisfied with the extent of Egypt's progress and are pressing for a more inclusive democratic process and the strengthening of key democratic institutions."

The opposition is furious. "America and the Brotherhood have united to bring down the Egyptian people," said Hassan Shahin, a member of the Tamarod, or "rebel," movement.

Sequester that: U.S. quietly gives $1.3 billion in military aid to Egypt despite rights concerns

◼ Kerry made the decision well before an Egyptian court this week convicted 43 democracy workers, including 16 Americans, in what the United States regards as a politically motivated case against pro-democracy non-governmental organizations - Reuters

Senator Rand Paul’s $250 Million Dollar Question To John Kerry

◼ Sen. Paul Questions Secretary of State Kerry at Foreign Relations Hearing - paul.senate.gov

TRANSCRIPT: Thank you, Secretary Kerry, for coming today. You mention in your remarks that we don’t need politicians to go home and say that we need to end foreign aid and spend that money at home. Well, this might come as news to one of the most prominent politicians in our country who said in his re-election campaign that we need to do less nation building abroad and more nation building at home, and that would be your current boss, the President of the United States. So I don’t think this is unique to Republicans or Democrats. In fact I think this crosses all party lines. It is not me going home and creating an atmosphere where people are doubtful of foreign aid. It’s that 80 to 90 percent are doubtful.

We have two bridges in my state that are over 50 years old. The President came, and I flew down with him, to talk about re-building them. I’m in favor of replacing bridges and rebuilding our infrastructure. But at the same time, we seem to not have enough money to keep the doors open around here, not enough money to keep the touring of the White House open. This Administration sent and extra $250 million to Egypt. Many of us find that offensive.

We cannot even run the basic functions of government, and yet we send an extra $250 million in addition to the $2 billion we already send over there. So, many of us are offended by this. The question I have for you is, the Mubarak family is said to be worth more than $10 billion dollars. Most people say that a lot of that money came from our foreign aid.

Mobutu ruled for many, many years in Central Africa. He was said to be worth millions upon millions, if not billions of dollars. His wife was called “Gucci” Mobutu. She was famous for going to Paris and shopping for shoes with a Louis Vuitton bag full of $500,000 in cash to $1 million in cash. That money was looted from the American Treasury. There are all kinds of examples of theft and kleptocracy. There’s examples of our foreign aid being used to buy tear gas in Egypt and used to spray on the Egyptian people. So I don’t think it even buys the good will of the people because often it’s stolen by their leaders who are unpopular in their country. So I think it’s often counterproductive. But I think we are missing the boat here if you think that we’re stoking the fires and that the people don’t already believe this.

This is something that is already in the psyche of the people. People are upset about it and would rather spend money at home. But, I’d like your comments on the President’s position but also on the idea that a lot of foreign aid has been stolen by these leaders.

HON. KERRY: Well Senator, I think there's a difference between some of the nation building that we've seen sometimes engaged in and good foreign aid programs that don't rise to the level necessarily of some nation building. But, that's a quibbling probably, and we'll wind up arguing over the smaller issue rather than the larger one here. So, let me try to frame it this way.

Has some money been stolen? Absolutely.... read the rest, at the link

Rubio Discusses Measure To Block Aid To Egypt Absent Economic & Human Rights Reforms:

What are we to make of the U.S. suddenly finding $250 million to spare for Egypt during a supposedly devastating sequester? Has this administration miraculously parted a sea of red ink?

◼ Sequester Exaggerations Exposed By Egypt Foreign Aid

President Obama has been condemning Republicans for automatic spending cuts now in effect — a budget sequestration mechanism that was his idea, as the Washington Post's Bob Woodward recently reminded us.

He's been claiming it means "thousands of teachers and educators will be laid off, and tens of thousands of parents will have to scramble to find child care for their kids"; that an aircraft carrier can't be sent to the Persian Gulf; that "almost 800,000 defense employees" will be rendered idle; and that "these cuts will set back medical science for a generation."

He has been using sequester rhetoric to batter Republicans. "Are Republicans in Congress really willing to let these cuts fall on our kids' schools and mental health care ... to slash military health care and the Border Patrol ... to inflict more pain on the middle class?" he asks, adding that "the American people have worked too hard for too long to see everything they've built undone by partisan recklessness in Washington."

After his repeated trillion-dollar deficits and over $16.6 trillion in national debt, the president talks with a straight face about how "we should work together to build on the more than $2.5 trillion in deficit reduction we've already achieved."

Yet somehow he can instantly find a quarter of a billion dollars to gamble on an Egyptian government controlled by an organization dedicated to "civilizational jihad" — spreading Shariah law politically by destroying Western civilization from within.

The U.S. is giving $250 million to an Egyptian president who calls Jews "blood-suckers" who are "descendants of apes and pigs"

Texas GOP Congresswoman Blocks Obama’s Effort to Slip Egypt $450 Million

◼ U.S. Move to Give Egypt $450 Million in Aid Meets Resistance - Steven Lee Myers/NYT

The Obama administration notified Congress on Friday that it would provide Egypt’s new government an emergency cash infusion of $450 million, but the aid immediately encountered resistance from a prominent lawmaker wary of foreign aid and Egypt’s new course under the leadership of the Muslim Brotherhood.

The aid is part of the $1 billion in assistance that the Obama administration has pledged to Egypt to bolster its transition to democracy after the overthrow last year of the former president, Hosni Mubarak. Its fate, however, was clouded by concerns over the new government’s policies and, more recently, the protests that damaged the American Embassy in Cairo.

The United States Agency for International Development notified Congress of the cash infusion on Friday morning during the pre-election recess, promptly igniting a smoldering debate over foreign aid and the administration’s handling of crises in the Islamic world....