Comments on: Stop Funding America’s Enemies

By: stephen russell

stephen russell — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 14:40:03 +0000

We also fund by International aid, theyre “non profits” alone.
SO CUT Funds in all directions.
Quit bowing to the Saudi princes & lets Drill for more OIL & then expand Alt Fuels R&D.
IE Hybrid M1A2 Abhrams tanks, Fuel cell N subs etc.
ALL doable.
Or face another worse OPEC crunch from 1970s?

By: haha...

haha... — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 20:50:07 +0000

i stopped reading when it said this is the only war where america has played both sides. also that thing about funding hitler? we sold them patented goods (by the rockefellars) that they absolutely needed in order to fight their war, as well as helped set up their communications systems, their veichles had ford engines in them, etc…

By: Jaye

Jaye — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 23:15:30 +0000

Yoda should say “Racket war is! and Hell too war is” and that the CIA made Usama into what he is today and keeps him free and the Company always played both sides of every war and profited from it too i.e. Drugs ALA north with help from the crips and bloods! Coke is it Baby! Jimbo please put on the hooded robe for me and use the force, please!

By: a word of truth

a word of truth — Wed, 31 May 2006 19:15:32 +0000

lester before spitting out stereotype comments and to the rest of you talking about the problem America and the Middle East are facing, think again.
Put yourself in the place of an Iraqi or Afghani and get members of your loved ones killed and have massacres like Haditha and abu gharib and think again

By: Noah Shachtman

Noah Shachtman — Tue, 30 May 2006 12:41:41 +0000

TBV:
Switching from one oil-producing country to another would be the shortest of short-term fixes. The real solution is to find alternate means for producing power.
nms

By: TrustButVerify

TrustButVerify — Tue, 30 May 2006 10:19:15 +0000

If only it were so simple! Unfortunately the nature of commodity markets is such that refusing to buy from one source means other buyers go there instead, and nothing changes.
Cranky– if you check the news (and certainly the Congressional Record) you’ll find that Congress granted all the required authority to the President well before Iraq was invaded. War hasn’t been declared since WWII because a literal declaration of war legally invokes a number of emergency measures which would only get in the way. Instead it is simpler and more effective to grant the same Presidential authority under other terms, such as was done in 2001 and again in before Iraq. Not that I’m so naive as to believe you’ll be satisfied with this. I’m not; half the country seems to prefer the Ostrich Principle anyway.

By: boz

boz — Sun, 28 May 2006 20:05:27 +0000

Colombia is a another example of a “war” where we fund both sides.

By: lester1/2jr

lester1/2jr — Sun, 28 May 2006 16:07:53 +0000

islam and “the west” are like oil and water. We need a strict policy of total isolation from the middle east INCLUDING israel. ONLY way to prevent another 9/11.

By: Jaye

Jaye — Sat, 27 May 2006 14:13:24 +0000

Is Woolsy AKA Yoda suggesting America nuke Saudi Arabia instead of Iran? I can live with that! Way to go Jimbo! Peace!

By: Cranky Observer

Cranky Observer — Sat, 27 May 2006 14:00:26 +0000

So now we are in a “Long War”, eh? Could you remind me when this war was declared by Congress? When it was discussed in a presidential campaign or included as a plank in a presidental platform? Who exactly are we fighting? How will we know when this war is over?
And will we get our Constitution back when the “Long War” is over?
Is it possible — just possible — there there is some segment of American society that is pathologically hardwired to fight someone, anyone, at all times? And that if there is no real enemy to fight must create one? I mean, terrorists are bad news, but the British and Spanish, among others, have managed to contain and control terrorist movements for many years without fighting a “Long War” or destroying their society.
Cranky