How many millions did the Bush Admin. recently give the same group?
Feb. 13, 2007 [snip]WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - A Bush administration request for $86 million in U.S. funds to help train and equip Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s security forces is being blocked by a U.S. lawmaker who has concerns about how the money might be used.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N13230739.htm
You’ve know for years I thought that was stupid on the part of the Bush administration.
Hilarious times over at LP these days, AuntB.....see the tag line.
I dont support funding Abbas security forces either but it’s not really the same as giving money to Gaza. The PA actually had a mini war with hamas before hamas took over Gaza. The PA is the closest thing there is to a “respectable” Palestinian government.
If the Bush administration held to it's conditions, not a dime;
The Bush administration wants Hamas to renounce violence and recognize Israel as a condition for ending a Western aid boycott. Until these conditions are met, under U.S. law Hamas could not get any of the $86 million
but the article is a year old, so who knows. Interesting though, that Obama orders millions sent to terrorists on the same day he orders the military to downsize at least 10%.
Probably just a coincidence.