Hypocrisy

This is absolutely unbelievable- the House has voted to stop sending aid to Saudi Arabia because of that nation's religious intolerance and because of terrorist funding coming from there. In previous years the Bush administration has "circumvented" prior attempts to stop the "aid". Seems they're trying to get around this one too.

There are several problems arising from this- first of all, why the heck does the USA need to send aid money to Saudi? Do they not get enough cash selling oil to the entire world? Have they suffered some humanitarian crisis that they need help with? In 2005 and 2006 the US gave $2.5million of taxpayer's money to Saudi Arabia. Think about that for a moment- a nation that has made billions of dollars from its oil reserves is receiving money taken from the pockets of the American people. In 2006 the GDP of Saudi was more than $275 billion dollars- so much cash that the government posts budget surpluses. So, what is this money that the Bush administration is so eager to give? Seems to be nothing more than the jizya.

By the way, it's interesting to note that the CIA factbook declares that Saudi Arabia is 100% Muslim. There isn't a single person of another religion in the entire country.

The second problem is that while Washington wants to stop sending money to Saudi because some in that nation may be financing terrorism, they are continuing to send money to support an actual terrorist organisation themselves- Fatah. Why aren't we seeing bills passed demanding the stopping of millions more dollars than Saudi will ever see going to real, live terrorists? Why isn't there an uproar in the House and Senate about the US not only providing money but also weapons and training to terrorists engaged in a war with one of America's closest allies? A group that had openly declared that they hate America more than Al Qaeda does. A group that has openly declared their intent to attack America? These are the very people Bush thinks it's a good idea to give their support to. These are the people currently receiving your tax dollars, American readers.