The spOILz of WAR - Blair Profits Exxon
WHO's PAYING- WHO's PROFITING?
One Canadian, Ali Mallah, Vice-president of Canadian Arab Federation, has a very personal investment in his desire to see an immediate halt to the bombing in Lebanon- his wife and 2 children, ages 9 and 11, are there visiting family and are now in immediate danger in the South of Lebanon- the area worst hit in the Israeli bombings, and now completely cut off from humanitarian aid and supplies. The children are being brave, and said that they don't want to abandon their grandmother and cousins. Many foreign nationals are remaining for similar reasons.
CNN news reported that the cost of evacuating one American family, only to Cyprus, was $4000.- which the US government CHARGED to the FAMILY's credit card. I wonder if the American families WITH funds are getting out first... and if this has any bearing on the number of people choosing to take the much more dangerous overland route to neighbouring countries. America, one of the richest countries in the world, is the only one I've heard of so far which is putting the cost of the evacuation on the victims' shoulders.
Not that the US doesn't have money to burn...
David Clark, a former UK Labour special adviser at the Foreign Office, wrote in this week's Guardian, "Yet the US remains entirely
complicit in its role as Israel's main strategic ally. In the midst of last
week's onslaught, in which Israeli bombers killed dozens of Lebanese civilians, the Pentagon announced the export of $210m of aviation fuel to help Israel "keep peace and security in the region". Even Britain and other European countries indulge in a form of diplomatic misdirection by focusing one-sidedly on the roles played by Syria and Iran. " Some Lebanese are perplexed by the targeting of their country- after all, they don't have any oil, unlike some of their richer neighbours. The oil companies, however, are reporting record profits, caused by the panic over oil supplies possibly being disrupted, which in turn leads to greater costs for consumers at the pump. Our governments, which add a hefty tax to the already inflated prices, therefore also profit from the mayhem this war is causing. And in the end, unfortunate Lebanon will have to take out loans at high interest rates to pay for the reconstruction of their country, profiting the organizations that will do the lending. No wonder they're all taking their time to resolve this.
I think that Lebanon's government, and the refugees forced to flee their shores, should consider sending ALL of the BILLS to Israel, to be in turn paid by their "special friend", I expect. It's only fair.
posted by Dawn One at 3:53 pm
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