If we'd just git rid of the top 10 floors of the UN Bldg...

[hokiecsgrad]

>TIME FOR A CHANGE
>
>How they vote in the United Nations:
>
>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
>And receives $6,721,000 annually in US Foreign Aid.
>
>India votes 81% against the United States
>And receives $143,699,000 annually.
>
>Comments from one reader:
>
>Stop sending our Money overseas:
>
>Maybe we should take care of our own people and problems within the
>states. We should fix our Health Care, Social Service, Education
>Systems, also find out why the Oil Companies are having huge
>profits. One thing we seem like we will never be able to fix is our
>system of Politics. We vote for different people to represent us,
>they then become POLITCIANS and spend our hard earned money on
>foolish projects or to support big companies. We cannot fix the
>world but maybe, just maybe we can fix our great country.
>
>Please contact your local Senator or Congressman!!!

[psi29a]

If we'd just git rid of the top 10 floors of the UN Bldg...

... with a plane?

*runs*

[Killfile]

Way to derail the discussion Psi. You're on a list somewhere -- and when you vanish in the middle of the night and wake up on a plane to an undisclosed prisoner rendition center --- I get your salary, monitor, and home PC.

To put things back on track -- we're supposed to be upset that we're giving these countries money and they don't vote with us? I understand the idea that a person you've bribed is supposed to stay bribed... but are we really willing to admit that US foreign aid is buying votes at the UN?

Do we really want to turn UN votes into a bidding war? China will love that game.

[BigSassy]

Just because a country disagrees with us on many issues doesn't mean they can't be an ally. Take Pakistan for example. They have been huge help in fighting Al Qaeda:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3692104.stm
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/ar ... 4Aug5.html
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/0 ... an.arrest/

Wouldn't you consider our alliance with them a good thing? Do you think it's wise to ruin that alliance just because they tend to disagree with us?

Not only that, but do you know what they are disagreeing with us about? For all you know, you may have agreed with Pakistan on most of their votes against us. Those statistics don't hold any weight.

EDIT - This was in response to the original post

[Brainpiercing]

American oil companies get very lucrative contracts for that foreign aid money. Unfortunately it's only them that also get rich on it, too (and certain friends in the government).

[Oro]

When was the last time America ever voted for those countries?

[Arngrim]

When was the last time America ever voted for those countries?

Check your history books