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2006-08-27 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Lantos Pledges To Block US Aid To Lebanon

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Posted by Frank G 2006-08-27 13:09|| || Front Page|| [11139 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Much of that aid is in the form of loans, which Israel is very prompt in paying back.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-08-27 14:13|| 2006-08-27 14:13|| Front Page Top

#2 Lantos is Greece's representative to the US. As such, the Greeks see Lebanon as their turf, and know their ways & means. He's also aware that it will change the complexion of all of this if the Lebanese know that a Greek is behind it.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-08-27 14:19|| 2006-08-27 14:19|| Front Page Top

#3 Hope he succeeds---and not just for Israel's sake.

Posted by gromgoru 2006-08-27 15:03|| 2006-08-27 15:03|| Front Page Top

#4 After the fox reporter bit... make sure all the food aid is pork.

Posted by 3dc 2006-08-27 15:31|| 2006-08-27 15:31|| Front Page Top

#5 Why should Siniora deserve this aid while he's sucking up to Hisbollocks?

Posted by Duh! 2006-08-27 16:32|| 2006-08-27 16:32|| Front Page Top

#6 As a Holocaust survivor, Tom Lantos has the moral authority to deny aid for terrorist societies. How nice to see the usual pipeline of unrestricted millions in cash earmarked for these terrorist covens finally get tied to substantive change.

Posted by Zenster 2006-08-27 16:48|| 2006-08-27 16:48|| Front Page Top

#7 Moose.... How do you figure that Lantos is "The representative of Greece" ?

An American by choice, Tom Lantos was born in Budapest, Hungary, on February 1, 1928. He was 16 years of age when Nazi Germany occupied his native country. As a teenager, he was placed in a Hungarian fascist forced labor camp. He succeeded in escaping and was able to survive in a safe house in Budapest set up by Swedish humanitarian Raoul Wallenberg. His story is one of the individual accounts which forms the basis of Steven Spielberg's Academy Award winning documentary about the Holocaust in Hungary, The Last Days. An article about Tom's background in World War II and the Spielberg film was published in the University of Washington alumni magazine. The San Francisco Examiner also published an article focusing on Tom's background.

Posted by J. D. Lux 2006-08-27 16:51|| 2006-08-27 16:51|| Front Page Top

#8 No kidding? I though he was Greek.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-08-27 19:52|| 2006-08-27 19:52|| Front Page Top

#9 http://www.lantos.org/biography.html

Posted by J. D. Lux 2006-08-27 20:18|| 2006-08-27 20:18|| Front Page Top

#10 No aid to:
1) Countries with "militant wings" separate from the state army
2) Countries with laws allowing execution for apostasy
3) Countries that do not prosecute those who commit "honor" killings.

I hope every one of us can agree on these basic principles and make sure our reps understand we will hold them to this-whether they are up for re-election this year or not.

Posted by Jules in the Hinterlands 2006-08-27 20:32|| 2006-08-27 20:32|| Front Page Top

#11 Jules, I would also add "Freedom of Religion" to that (otherwise great) list. Theocratic monocultures are 99% of the problem.

Posted by Zenster 2006-08-27 23:49|| 2006-08-27 23:49|| Front Page Top

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