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To: Alberta's Child

hmmm, now i can see why you’ve been called an anti-semite.

why don’t we just do this, any muslim nation receiving U.S. aid who borders Israel & threatens them should give up 10% of their land for each threat. that’s a fair price for muslim indiscretion. largesse can work both ways.

p.s.: you get to pay 10k to Israel for each muslim threat.


60 posted on 02/08/2014 9:41:45 AM PST by Psalm_2 (Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. Romans 12:21 NASB)
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To: Psalm_2
Largesse shouldn't have to work both ways. It shouldn't be there at all.

In the case of Egypt (of all the countries over there), at least the U.S. can make the case that it's not really giving "aid" at all. In fact, it's buying favor from the Egyptian government -- in the form of: (1) access to Egyptian airspace for U.S. military aircraft, and (2) priority scheduling for U.S. warships for transits through the Suez Canal.

P.S. Item (2) is important to understand because it explains why the U.S. was adamant about Israel giving up the Sinai Peninsula as part of the Camp David accords during the Carter administration. It would have been far more difficult for the U.S. to buy this kind of concession if the Suez Canal was the border between two countries instead of being situated entirely within the borders of one.

64 posted on 02/08/2014 10:43:24 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("I've never seen such a conclave of minstrels in my life.")
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