Poll: Should we give our 2 billion dollars in aid to the protesters or Mubarak this year?

grahamhgreen

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Wed Feb-09-11 01:39 PM
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Poll question: Poll: Should we give our 2 billion dollars in aid to the protesters or Mubarak this year?

Edited on Wed Feb-09-11 01:40 PM by grahamhgreen

I think giving our 2 billion dollars in Egyptian aid to the pro-democracy movement, rather than the Mubarak/Suleiman regime, would be money better spent.

With these funds, they could easily install a real, effective, secular democracy.

It's a way of supporting democracy without Obama having to come out and say he'd like Mubarak to step down, which many argue he can not do for political reasons.

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elocs

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Wed Feb-09-11 01:46 PM
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1. Exactly how do we give aid to the protesters? n/t

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grahamhgreen

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Wed Feb-09-11 02:10 PM
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6. One thing I would suggest

is giving aid directly to secular pro-democracy groups.

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Xenotime

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Wed Feb-09-11 01:47 PM
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2. Hell no!

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monmouth

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Wed Feb-09-11 01:57 PM
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5. Charity begins at Home!...n/t

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HappyMe

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Wed Feb-09-11 02:44 PM
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8. Exactly.

There are far too many poor, hungry, homeless people of all ages right here.

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Systematic Chaos

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Wed Feb-09-11 01:49 PM
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3. I have the feeling that any money we tried to give to the protesters...

...would simply end up in the hands of some other tyrant standing by, hoping to fill the Mubarak vacuum.

I'm all for offering help with diplomacy and other kinds of aid -- just no direct cash infusions right now.

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Better Believe It

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Wed Feb-09-11 01:53 PM
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4. How would the government give the democracy movement the military aide?

I suppose they could airdrop the military equipment to the protesters in Liberation Square.

The protesters might respond "Tanks a lot!"

That's a little joke.

:)

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randr

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Wed Feb-09-11 02:36 PM
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7. The vast majority of these funds end up in the MIC

Saw a map of states somewhere yesterday that would be affected if aid is cut. NY,FL,TX stood out to lose the most, thousands of jobs and millions in revenues. The hand that slaps us around is the same hand that feeds us. Corporate Oligarchy at its most virulent!

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