WTF??? We’ve been sending them AID???? In addition to the BILLIONS they get for their oil? Good Lord.
Why on earth would Saudi Arabia need “aid” from us? Are the Bushies aware of the proven money pipeline between the Saudis and Hamas?
\\\it's about time people wake up in this country, and realize we have been paying the "Jizya" tax required of all infidels for quite some time now.
Whatever happened to the proclamation a much smarter past president made- back in time when he put an end to this "Jizya" payments which were made to the Barbary pirates, and gave them relentless artillary shelling until they capitulated instead?
It's time we returned to being a proud, strong, and FREE nation.
It is imbedded inside a very elaborate appropriations bill.
H.R.2764
The Department of State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2008 (Engrossed as Agreed to or Passed by House)
PROHIBITION AGAINST ASSISTANCE TO SAUDI ARABIA
SEC. 699N. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to this Act—
(1) shall be obligated or expended to finance any assistance to Saudi Arabia; or
(2) shall be used to execute a waiver of section 571 or 614 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2349aa or 2364) with regard to assistance to Saudi Arabia.
SEC. 699O. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to provide direct aid to the Palestinian Authority, except as otherwise provided by existing law.
This Act may be cited as `The Department of State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2008’.
Passed the House of Representatives June 22 (legislative day, June 21), 2007.
Attest:
Clerk.
110th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2764
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c110:2:./temp/~c110ku317m::
Burn Washington to the ground, flush the ashes out to sea, and start over.
probably paying them off for not sending more terrs to fly passenger planes. we will probably pay more when they raise
the price of oil.
Perks for our Masters.
Huh? What the heck do they need aid for? Unless were are sending “aid” to “moderate groups” within Saudi Arabia.
Let’s cut off Jordan, Egypt and the so-called Palestinians while we are at it.
Ungrateful bunch of neandrathals.
I hadn't heard about this. Another example of Dubya unConstitutionally treating the Congress as merely advisory, like the Roman Senate?
Aid or bribe money? Obviously the rich kings and princes of SA don’t need our financial aid. So I figure it must have been bribe money to allow us to post troops on their soil.
According to the article, most if not all troops are now gone from SA. So yea, it’s time to end paying them rent for us to be there.
The bigger question is why is the US training saudis in our skills of war? So they can use them against us in the future? To fight terrorism? Yea right. How bout some swampland in Florida? They hate us alright, but not more than they love our money.
OMG!!!
We’ve been supporting people who are supporting murderous terrorists? Is Bush going to veto the bill? I won’t be surprised if he does.
Pure grandstanding by the House. This isn't aid. I might add that the Saudis have been paying for everything they get from us, including all of the costs of our training mission to the Kingdom.
*this in place of some very colorful language*
Nonsensical move.
Worthless Reuters -DNC propaganda
ROTFALMAO. Saudi Arabia is populated by billionaire princes. No matter how much we gave them they would hardly notice it in their bank account.
This is how the U. S. State Department works.
We’ve actually been giving them military type aid so the monarchy doesn’t fall. There is a widespread insurgency in Saudi Arabia that has major ties with al queda. If they overthrew the royal family we’d be in a worse situation. I guess we’ve chosen the lesser of two evils.