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Originally posted by sgtclub
There is usually a great rush to criticize on this board followed by a hat eating party down the line.
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I really have been away a long time -- I don't remember any hats being eaten, even by those in direst need of a snack.
On the present issue, leaving aside my feelings about the war and the surrounding diplomacy (if you can call it that), I'm not sure I see the problem with saying "this is money the American taxpayer is paying, and as such it will not be used to reward countries that did not support the war with money or troops." That seems a pretty basic concept and, except for the part about the (current) American taxpayer paying for it, the basic truth. Tying it to security was pretty stupid and disingenuous -- I mean, whose gonna believe that letting French people in is a threat to security, if you aren't asking them to fight anyone?
