Ahmadinejad says he wants public talks with Obama, page 3

Originally posted by mmiichael
The US supplies foreign aid to many Muslim countries, including Egypt, Pakistan, Jordan, etc. Far in excess of the support to Israel for it's defense.

Everything I say I consider to be true and is usually based on reliable information. If I displease some in the process that's unfortunate.

Can you produce some "reliable information" as to why you consider your quote above to be true? Israel has always been the major beneficiary to US aid. They not only receive the most, by far, they alone get that money with very little restrictions on how they may spend it. Better check those reliable sources of yours, don't you think?

U.S. Military Aid to Israel

The United States and Israel signed a Memorandum of Understanding in August 2007 committing the U.S. to give Israel $30 billion in military aid over the next decade. This is grant aid, given in cash at the start of each fiscal year. The only stipulation imposed on Israel’s use of this cash gift is that it spend 74 per cent to purchase U.S. military goods and services.

The first grant under this agreement was made in October 2008, for FY2009, in the amount of $2.55 billion. To bring the total 10-year amount to $30 billion, amounts in future years will gradually increase until an annual level of $3.1 billion is reached in FY2013. This will continue through FY2018.

Israel is by far the largest recipient of U.S. foreign aid. Since 1949, the United States has provided Israel with $101 billion in total aid, of which $53 billion has been military aid. For the last 20-plus years, Israel has received an average of $3 billion annually in grant aid;, until now the grant has been a mix of economic and military aid.

Israel receives its aid under vastly more favorable terms than any other recipient. Egypt, for instance, receives $2 billion a year in economic aid, but this is a loan and must be repaid. Saudi Arabia also has U.S. military equipment in its arsenal, but it buys and pays for this equipment and is not given it, as Israel is.

www.counterpunch.org...

Ahmedinejad's insecurity on the world stage and utter lack of diplomacy has had a tremendous effect on world politics since he came in.

Are you high, or just plain delusional? Ahmedinejad has repeatedly pleaded diplomatically to freely exercise their right to nuclear energy technology. Never once has he claimed Iran wanted this technology for anything other than peaceful usage. He has said this over and over, yet dullards like you still fail to even mention the possibility? Denial, perhaps?

If you're prepared to accept that there are things that conflict with your views, but which are demonstrably true - as we must some time - we have no problem.

Are you prepared to accept truth, or is it only those opposing you that are burdened? Are you willing to support the US in yet another war effort without any shred of evidence to support your accusations? If the Iranian regime can be proven guilty of even one crime, don't you think they would be held accountable for it? Should it not be brought before the UN, or the World Court, to be resolved according to the international laws in place for such things?

Truth is more than just facts. People often arrange unrelated facts as a progression to lead to something that is not always the truth.

I suggest you take your own advice, friend. Never has it rang truer than it does for you right now. Try looking at the world from a righteous viewpoint? Set aside any baseless loyalties and criticize everyone accordingly. The truth is easy to see, but you first must commit to accepting only truth.

Try to imagine, if you can, that Iran is the righteous nation and every negative claim said of them were untrue. That they really do desire nuclear energy alone and would never use it destructively. That they only wish for peace and prosperity for everyone. Now imagine, if you can, that Israel and the US are in fact the bad apples and all their intentions are masked with lies. That what they want is control of the Middle East and everything righteous you believe true of them is only a cloak to shield their true agenda. That they are the actual terrorists disrupting peace on Earth and they are willing to go to any destructive lengths to carry out their plan.

When you are capable of understanding this possibility, only then can you find the truth. When you begin by thinking nothing like this can even enter the equation, you have missed it already. It has nothing to do with supporting Iran or hating Israel, it's about being honest with yourself no matter the consequences. The only true loyalty is that of the truth itself. Starting there is the only way to find it.

Peace.