Aid versus voting records
June 12, 2008 – 5:59 amInteresting to know how much we give away of our citizenry’s confiscated property (money) and what we get in return. Gratitidue? Loyalty? Support? 
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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.
U S 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.
One Response to “Aid versus voting records”
Snopes lists this as true, but has a great follow up showing how even nations we concider our friends are voting against us more often than with us, with the notable exception of Isreal.
This is one area that I agree with Ron Paul on. We should not be supporting other countries, especially ones with hostile governmnets, and who are making record earnings due to the inflated price of oil.
My parents always taught me that if you have to buy someone’s friendship, you probably don’t want them as a friend…
By RestlessKnight on Jun 11, 2008