Voting record of nations receiving our tax money

Post-9/11 Era Forum

This is another forwarded email I got. I haven't checked these facts but you can if you want.

Below are the actual voting records of various Arabic/Islamic States
which are recorded in both the US State Department and United Nations records:


Kuwait votes against the United States 67% of the time.


Qatar votes against the United States 67% of the time.


Morocco votes against the United States 70% of the time.


United Arab Emirates votes against the U. S. 70% of the time.


Jordan votes against the United States 71% of the time.


Tunisia votes against the United States 71% of the time.


Saudi Arabia votes against the United States 73% of the time.


Yemen votes against the United States 74% of the time.


Algeria votes against the United States 74% of the time.


Oman votes against the United States 74% of the time.


Sudan votes against the United States 75% of the time.


Pakistan votes against the United States 75% of the time.


Libya votes against the United States 76% of the time.


Egypt votes against the United States 79% of the time.


Lebanon votes against the United States 80% of the time.


India votes against the United States 81% of the time.


Syria votes against the United States 84% of the time.


Mauritania votes against the United States 87% of the time.




US Foreign Aid to those that hate us:


Egypt, for example, after voting 79% of the time against the United
States, still receives $2 billion annually in US Foreign Aid.


Jordan votes 71% against the United States and receives $192,814,000 annually in US Foreign Aid.


Pakistan votes 75% against the United States receives $6,721,000 annually in US Foreign Aid.


India votes 81% against the United States receives $143,699,000 annually.


Perhaps it is time to get out of the UN and give the tax savings back to the
American workers who are having to skimp and sacrifice to pay the taxes.

Now they want to cut oil production, We should cut aid to them by 50% to start.

Pass it along. Everyone needs to know this.
Might even mention it to your congressman, who knows it anyway...

what a disgrace...no wonder the world has no respect for us!

Right, Zak:

http://www.inreview.com/showthread....9460&forumid=13

So any foreign aid that the US gives is menat to be seen as a down payment for votes in the UN? Thats corruption and I am pretty sure that US has made these sort of acts illegal.

PS is India not predominatly Hindi as opposed to Muslim can anyone clear that one up?

The figures means nothing on their own. Have you any idea what these countries do to get aid, or what the aid is for. And as I've pointed out before on this forum, the US is pretty low down in the list of aid doners around the world. Not even in the top 20 countries.

As for all those UN votes, again meaningless unless you know what they're voting on. Everyone knows the Arab objection to what the US is doing in Israel. Looking at it that way - it's just as easy to ask why the US keeps voting against all above mentioned nations. Any answers?

I do not know what the truth of the matter is but, this can really be looked at in several different ways.

The US gives aid to these countries despite their voting against it. Are we trying to buy friends or are them coming to us with one hand out begging while the other hand is behind their back with a knife?

I can't say that I know either to be more true than the other. Perhaps they both are. Regardless, the question that this discussion begs is; why do we continue to give aid to countries that vote against us? Is it because we are just a kind-hearted nation? I really don't think that is the case. SO then why?

You would also need to see exactly what the vote was about to get a clearer picture.

Well, we have have to know what it is they are voting against to get the clearer picture. But, it would also help to know what, it is exactly that we are giving them aid for.

Anyhow, I think that the US will give aid to these countries, regardless of all the above, because if we didn't, we would look like the "bad country" that doesn't try to help.

You don't get it, we aren't fighting for respect.

I say stop sending them aid.

Yup. No more millions on their politicians' personal bank accounts. They have enough.

Let them work and build their own nations themselves, why should the western countries like USA give billions to these countries if they can't even use it wisely.

Btw, the only country receiving US aid and benefitting from it is Israel.

One need not look far as to why the US gives to these countries. Just look at how we handled the building of the Iraq coalition and subsequent invasion. We worked behind the scenes making promises and giving how you say “incentives” for those going along with it. It amounts to bribery plainly put.

I’d think it should be pretty apparent by now that the US has interests in that region. To help stifle much of the animosity we give aid to these countries. Consequently they become dependant on that aid and we now have a bargaining chip within the UN and other world matters involving that region. It also helps us to achieve the appearance of benevolence.

Is it wrong? I think it works to the US’s advantage to do so, that’s obvious but many times because of it other Mid East nations may get the shaft. It’s sort of a two edged sword. It helps us and it hurts us because extremist will see their governments as selling out to western interests and unfortunately fueling their twisted agendas.

It’s always better to give aid than to make war. Remember we were aiding Saddam at one time too until he decided he did not want it anymore. America has great wealth and other nations do not. In this they become easy targets to achieve US objectives, even with some of our objectives aren’t so righteous unfortunately.

America is not the only country with interests or investments in the middle-east.
To think America is responcible all by itself is not being realistic.
Israel is self sufficient. They can take care of themselves without American support.
Also, there is more combined support from Europe than from the US.

Keep "private" support in mind, which is coming from private jewish individuals/organizations. Both Europe and USA have big jewish communities donating money to Israel.

That's what I meant. It's not all American support so it's not all America's fault for the every problem in the middle-east.
How many middle-east countries do legitmate business with the U.S.? All?

No, there are many other nations that have a vested interest in that region. However the US clearly has the heaviest influence in that region. After all, we are the ones most dependant on the resources they have to offer.

How many of these nations are willing to have a heavy military presence in that region to help accomplish their agendas? I think this is what extremists complain about concerning the US. I don't recall reading anyone saying the US is the cause of all problems in that region. Maybe that one slipped past me.

We give many of them aid so they will have the resources to drill the wells to pump the oil to sell cheaply to us. We may call it aid to countries, but what the money does for the most part is prop up American corporations so it pays to do business in countries that are financially risky due to political reasons. Of course the government gives more money to the countries we have problems with. These are the countries big business can point to and say the free market is being ruined by the USA political posturing. Business asks taxpayers to cough up the cost of political righteousness to balance things out.