[SandRat]

That still won't make Helen Thomas or the left happy.

[TheCrusader]

"The United States backs Israel's right to defend itself against terrorist groups like Hezbollah, but it also wants to aid thousands of suffering Lebanese who've fled the fighting, President Bush said here today."

This isn't our war Mr. President. Why do you want American taxpayers to pay for Lebanon's displaced, (many of which are probably islamofacist terrorists)?

[snowsislander]

I don't mind sending the Israelis anything that they need to abate this nest of terrorists, but I do not support sending even a thin dime to anyone in the Lebanon who has tacitly or openly supported terrorism.

[TheBattman]

HEY! I've got an idea - how about we just tell them to go home and STAND UP for their country and against the Hezzies.

Oh - wait, that won't work - they support the Hezzies that they have voted into government - the last I heard, between the Hezzies in government in Lebanon and their coalition, they control close to 1/3 of the Lebaneese government.

Now, - if he was really using code for helping arm and train them to take their country back from the terrorists so they can live side-by-side with Israel - then that is a whole different story.

[good1]

We are also sending an equal amount of aid to those in Israel who have suffered losses on account of the war, right?

[kittymyrib]

Oh, no! Shades of Clintoon's check book diplomacy...paying off every thug group in the world. That certainly works well...until they run out of cash, like North Korea, and need to put the screws to us again. For a nation that's about to face trillions of dollars of unsecured debt for Social Secutity, Medicare, Medicaid etc., we surely do throw our money down a lot of rat holes.