Pakistani terror group swears allegiance to Islamic State

smelly_bandit wrote:Indeed the final match is on it's way and thanks to Obama allowing Iran free reign  to develop nukes it's looking to get real hot in the ME

But if Iran don't have nukes Israel will win as they always do

In 2007, the Bush Administration and the Israeli government agreed to a 10-year, $30 billion
military aid package for the period from FY2009 to FY2018. During his March 2013 visit to
Israel, President Obama pledged that the United States would continue to provide Israel with
multi-year commitments of military aid subject to the approval of Congress

The U.S. provides Israel $8.5 million* in military aid each day,
while it gives the Palestinians $0** in military aid.

Original Quill wrote:Obama has nothing to do with it.  The McConnell/Boehner Doctrine means the US has no money to devote to war spending...any war.

Iran?  Who the fook cares about Iran anyway?  It's over there in the ME...no concern of ours.  Like I say...good show to watch.

smelly_bandit wrote:

Original Quill wrote:Obama has nothing to do with it.  The McConnell/Boehner Doctrine means the US has no money to devote to war spending...any war.

Iran?  Who the fook cares about Iran anyway?  It's over there in the ME...no concern of ours.  Like I say...good show to watch.

You blame everything on McConnell/Boehner doctrine


So I guess it was the McConnell/Boehner doctrine that brought down OBL - as you say Obama had nothing to do with it

Congressional Research Service wrote:U.S. Foreign Aid to the Palestinians
Congressional Research Service
Summary

Since the establishment of limited Palestinian self-rule in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in the mid-1990s, the U.S. government has committed approximately $5 billion in bilateral assistance to the Palestinians, who are among the world’s largest per capita recipients of international foreign aid. Successive Administrations have requested aid for the Palestinians in apparent support of at least three major U.S. policy priorities of interest to Congress:
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Preventing terrorism against Israel from Hamas and other militant organizations.
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Fostering stability, prosperity, and self-governance in the West Bank that inclines Palestinians toward peaceful coexistence with Israel and a “two-state solution.”
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Meeting humanitarian needs.

Since June 2007, these U.S. policy priorities have crystallized around the factional and geographical split between the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority (PA) in the West Bank and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Through its provision of aid to the Palestinians, the United States faces challenges in bolstering PA leaders in the West Bank without compromising their domestic popular appeal or encouraging authoritarian behavior. Longtime PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, who was praised by many Western officials—including several Members of Congress—as a champion of reform and transparency, resigned in April 2013. Fayyad was replaced by a government that may be more sensitive to the preferences of PA President Mahmoud Abbas than those of international donors. Congress and the Obama Administration also face challenges in addressing humanitarian needs in Gaza while monitoring the status of Hamas’s rule there amidst regional flux and increasing instability along the border in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula.

From FY2008 to the present, annual regular-year U.S. bilateral assistance to the West Bank and Gaza Strip has averaged around $500 million, including annual averages of approximately $200 million in direct budgetary assistance and $100 million in non-lethal security assistance for the PA in the West Bank. In line with Obama Administration requests, funding levels declined slightly in FY2013, with the new baseline of overall annual assistance closer to $440 million.

Because of congressional concerns that, among other things, U.S. aid to the Palestinians might be diverted to Palestinian terrorist groups, the aid is subject to a host of vetting and oversight requirements and legislative restrictions. Additionally, since FY2011, Congress has taken various forms of action in response to Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) initiatives in the United Nations and other international forums aimed at increasing international recognition of Palestinian statehood outside of negotiations with Israel. The PLO reportedly agreed to put these initiatives on hold as they resumed talks with Israel in the summer of 2013. Additionally, the United States is the largest single-state donor to the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).

U.S. assistance to the Palestinians is given alongside assistance from other international donors, and U.S. policymakers routinely call for greater or more timely assistance from Arab governments in line with pledges those governments make. The PA remains dependent on external donor assistance to meet its budgetary needs—especially its large public payroll—and it also seeks foreign investment to jumpstart its private sector. Even if the immediate objectives of U.S. assistance programs for the Palestinians are met, the long-term utility of U.S. aid in encouraging regional stability and Palestinian economic and political self-sufficiency might depend to some extent on progress toward a political solution that addresses Palestinian national aspirations and Israeli security demands.

Original Quill wrote:

smelly_bandit wrote:

You blame everything on McConnell/Boehner doctrine


So I guess it was the McConnell/Boehner doctrine that brought down OBL - as you say Obama had nothing to do with it

I blame all of the lack of funding on the McConnell/Boehner doctrine.  That's what the doctrine says.  Anything that costs money is out.  

The downfall of UBL was the product of brains, not money.  You can see that the Obama administration has what it takes, the Bush administration did not.

smelly_bandit wrote:

Original Quill wrote:

I blame all of the lack of funding on the McConnell/Boehner doctrine.  That's what the doctrine says.  Anything that costs money is out.  

The downfall of UBL was the product of brains, not money.  You can see that the Obama administration has what it takes, the Bush administration did not.

Oh right now I get it

The McConnell/Boehner doctrine is where anything good that happens is Obama the messiah being divinely guided

Anything bad that happens is bushes fault

Lone Wolf wrote:
  I'LL repeat that which I have been stating a couple of times a year since "the year dot" in regard to Middle East conflicts :

The rest of the world should build a big wall or fence around Israel, the Arab states, Iran and Iraq, Syria, Pakistan and Afghanistan..

And let them fight it out over there for a few months, with no outside help and no nuclear weapons or high technology ~ and let them settle their differences in the more traditional ways...
THEN maybe we could see another "thousand years of peace" one of these days ?    ::pntyswrd::

Original Quill wrote:

smelly_bandit wrote:

Oh right now I get it

The McConnell/Boehner doctrine is where anything good that happens is Obama the messiah being divinely guided

Anything bad that happens is bushes fault

Yeah, that's pretty much it, smels.  Any administration (GWB) that has to lie to get us into a war, ruin the economy, bail out the banking industry, run up a $17-billion deficit, and lose UBL is one dumbfuckin' bunny.

By contrast, as you point out, Obama nailed UBL  Fixed all the other stuff as well.

smelly_bandit wrote:

Original Quill wrote:

Yeah, that's pretty much it, smels.  Any administration (GWB) that has to lie to get us into a war, ruin the economy, bail out the banking industry, run up a $17-billion deficit, and lose UBL is one dumbfuckin' bunny.

By contrast, as you point out, Obama nailed UBL  Fixed all the other stuff as well.

so its not obama who is using drones to kill innocents its McConnell/Boehner doctrine

is that the way of it??

smelly_bandit wrote:*lets out a long low whistle*

the business end of your crack pipe must be hotter than the sun by now

Original Quill wrote:

smelly_bandit wrote:*lets out a long low whistle*

the business end of your crack pipe must be hotter than the sun by now

Whatever...

Just don't ever make the same mistake if I'm listening.

smelly_bandit wrote:

Original Quill wrote:

Whatever...

Just don't ever make the same mistake if I'm listening.

sorry, what???

Original Quill wrote:

smelly_bandit wrote:

sorry, what???

I can't waste time on you if you are only going to prattle on.  Get your facts and get serious, or don't run with the big dogs.

Original Quill wrote:::D:: 

smelly_bandit wrote:

Original Quill wrote:::D:: 

took a while

a whole two posts i had you biting for