The following info further illustrates just how corrupt the State Department is or could be, as well as the absurdity of continuing to be chummy with these “partners in peace” (Hat tip: Hot Air):…

it makes no sense for the United States to be providing millions of dollars in aid to the Palestinian Authority while U.S. courts are threatening to bankrupt it…

It also makes no sense to have a State Department that cares little about the state of the Union. Let’s eliminate that as well.

I would love to see the State Department cleaned out with a large broom.

Cut off the money. We are subsidizing terrorists either way.

What are the chances that it comes from the millions of dollars that the U.S. is somehow connived into paying the palestinian authority so it can pay its workers salaries so they can play pretend.

The process just gets more disgusting as the legal layers mount.

I for one dont believe in these suits.

Its degrading for the dead that we can absolve Qaddafi for enabling a 747 to be blown to bits with people inside simply by a monetary award.

Personally after acts of such barbarity I can see nothing short of death as being an appropriate solution.

Of course, Im not a trained diplomatic expert.

Israel sends a ton of money to the Palestinians too

Israel collects palestinian’s taxes for the PA, which are then supposed to be distributed, but these monies have been mostly witheld over the last years when Hamas was ‘elected’.

I also read many comments & other bloggers too suggesting Rice as VP. Shouldn’t the total NSA failure on 9/11, and now the disastrous stint at the State Dept clear up the air that Condi is a fantastic bookworm with a big brain, and often typical of academia fairly useless in real life if not detrimental!?

Hey – how about this? Screw the Palestinians.

No need to bother; they seem quite successful at screwing themselves.

How about if we just deduct the judgments from whatever aid we give the palestinians, and pay it directly to the victims. That way, they do still pay a price for the terrorism we’re sponsoring indirectly.

cdn.infidel on February 12, 2008 at 12:48 PM

You should run for public office. I’d not only vote for you, I’d make phone calls, campaign and fundraise.

But Palestinian officials have argued that it makes no sense for the United States to be providing millions of dollars in aid to the Palestinian Authority while U.S. courts are threatening to bankrupt it…

Well, you sure have that first part right pal. It makes no sense to provide millions of dollars in aid while your “moderate” government still funds, aids, directs and supports terrorist organizations such as the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades. No one outside the State Department and MSM buy the whole “loosly affiliated with Fatah” bit.

1- destruction of the Republican party.

2- elimination of the US sovreignty (amnesty)

3- no illegal alien left behind

4- alienation of our ally – Isreal

5- failure of the sub-prime market

6- highest deficet in our history.

Wow – so much, so little time. And he’s worrying NOW about his legacy.

With friends like GEorge Bush & Condi Rice,

Isreal doesn’t need any enemies.

stenwin77 on February 12, 2008 at 12:18 PM

Israel sends a ton of money to the Palestinians too…But I’m going to doubt that they’re going to go along with the US on this deal.

Isreal doesn’t need any enemies.

How times have changed. What a disgrace she turned out to be.

Does the government have a reboot button?

kc8ukw on February 12, 2008 at 12:08 PM

It has a restart button. See: User’s Manual, Independence, Declaration of.