TwistofFat
Green Belt
Steve,
A few notes - I believe it is safe to say Pat B. is more and more a Libertarian than a Neo-con. I am no expert on Neo- cons (as defined by Wolfowitz, Perle and others), but I was under the impression that they pushed the intervention doctrine. After the 2000 election, Buchanan burned (at least singed) his 'bridge' to the republican party.
It's not fair to say all republicans are neo-cons (like all democrats hate SUV's), but I think it is fair to say Buchanan is more Libertarian than Rebublican. IMO.
Isarael - wow, this would take some time and it is such a polarizing issue among the electorate (like say religion or politics
). I think it far to say that the US foreign policy and funding is driven by ...power, safety, money - your pick, but on both sides of the isle. Mr. Clinton courted the PLO mightely but did not cave into their final demands - even with Yitzhak Rabin and the Islo meetings, he eventually sided with the Israelis.
A better example might be South Korea. With China on the border and the south pursuing unity with the North, we need those divisions elsewhere (not welcomed anyway), we are slowly moving them.
If Syria, Iran, Eqypt, etc where balanced by anyother than Israel, we might them as well...wait we do:
"Ambassador Welch noted that the United States is continuing its longstanding role as the leading international contributor to developing Egypts power infrastructure. Since 1975, the USAID/Egypt has funded $1.8 billion in upgrades to Egypts electrical power grid, supporting about 35 percent of the increase in Egypts total capacity in that time and directly benefiting an estimated 40 million Egyptians. The Ambassador noted several recent U.S.-funded projects that have increased the efficiency of the national power system by reducing losses and improving performance (See list below)...http://www.usaid-eg.org/detail.asp?id=293".
I am no expert on US funds to the PLA but..."
According to the International Monetary Fund, Arafat has diverted $900 million in Palestinian aid to a private bank account."
It came from the US and many others: "What is Mr. Arafat and the Palestinian Authority worth today?" asks accountant Jim Prince. "Who is controlling that money? Where is that money? How do we get it back?"
So far, Prince's team has determined that part of the Palestinian leader's wealth was in a secret portfolio worth close to $1 billion -- with investments in companies like a Coca-Cola bottling plant in Ramallah, a Tunisian cell phone company and venture capital funds in the U.S. and the Cayman Islands...http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/11/07/60minutes/main582487.shtml".
They are all criminals. Perhaps Mr. Buchanan is right after all?
Regards - Glenn.
A few notes - I believe it is safe to say Pat B. is more and more a Libertarian than a Neo-con. I am no expert on Neo- cons (as defined by Wolfowitz, Perle and others), but I was under the impression that they pushed the intervention doctrine. After the 2000 election, Buchanan burned (at least singed) his 'bridge' to the republican party.
It's not fair to say all republicans are neo-cons (like all democrats hate SUV's), but I think it is fair to say Buchanan is more Libertarian than Rebublican. IMO.
Isarael - wow, this would take some time and it is such a polarizing issue among the electorate (like say religion or politics
). I think it far to say that the US foreign policy and funding is driven by ...power, safety, money - your pick, but on both sides of the isle. Mr. Clinton courted the PLO mightely but did not cave into their final demands - even with Yitzhak Rabin and the Islo meetings, he eventually sided with the Israelis.A better example might be South Korea. With China on the border and the south pursuing unity with the North, we need those divisions elsewhere (not welcomed anyway), we are slowly moving them.
If Syria, Iran, Eqypt, etc where balanced by anyother than Israel, we might them as well...wait we do:
"Ambassador Welch noted that the United States is continuing its longstanding role as the leading international contributor to developing Egypts power infrastructure. Since 1975, the USAID/Egypt has funded $1.8 billion in upgrades to Egypts electrical power grid, supporting about 35 percent of the increase in Egypts total capacity in that time and directly benefiting an estimated 40 million Egyptians. The Ambassador noted several recent U.S.-funded projects that have increased the efficiency of the national power system by reducing losses and improving performance (See list below)...http://www.usaid-eg.org/detail.asp?id=293".
I am no expert on US funds to the PLA but..."
According to the International Monetary Fund, Arafat has diverted $900 million in Palestinian aid to a private bank account."
It came from the US and many others: "What is Mr. Arafat and the Palestinian Authority worth today?" asks accountant Jim Prince. "Who is controlling that money? Where is that money? How do we get it back?"
So far, Prince's team has determined that part of the Palestinian leader's wealth was in a secret portfolio worth close to $1 billion -- with investments in companies like a Coca-Cola bottling plant in Ramallah, a Tunisian cell phone company and venture capital funds in the U.S. and the Cayman Islands...http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/11/07/60minutes/main582487.shtml".
They are all criminals. Perhaps Mr. Buchanan is right after all?
Regards - Glenn.
