I'm sorry, but this is on one hand pathetic and on the other , somewhat scary . . .
The United States has asked four oil-rich Gulf states for close to 300 billion dollars to help it curb the global financial meltdown, Kuwait's
daily Al-Seyassah reported Thursday.
Link to source
The article also reports that part of this money will go to 'help the ailing auto industry' . . .
I guess investing in T-bills and the like isn't good enough (go figure) so now we're tin cupping it with the Middle East.
Man . . . aren't we still blowing up part of that area?
edit: oops . . . forgot the link
[edit on 21-11-2008 by GoalPoster]