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Missouri's 7th District, U.S. House of Representatives

 

 

 

Congressional Issues 2008
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Mideast



The 111th Congress should:
  • refuse to commit American troops to defend interests of global oil corporations in the Mideast.
  • follow the policies of America's Founding Fathers by eliminating government-to-government aid for Israel, Saudi Arabia, and other governments in the Mideast.
  • end policies against private aid to and commerce with Iraq and other Mideast nations.
  • direct that U.S. military forces be withdrawn from Saudi Arabia;

  • adopt a more even-handed approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by removing U.S. military and economic support for Israel and ending active mediation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict;

  • end support for despotic Arab governments, such as those in Egypt and Saudi Arabia.


On American aid to Iraq and other terrorist nations, see terrorism.

Afghanistan:

Iraq:

Saudi Arabia

  • Smart Bombs, Dangerous Ideas -- multi-billion dollar arms sales to Islamic dictatorships that ban Christianity?
    "And unlike some past sales, no conditions are attached. And with no strings attached to the assistance — no democratic reforms, human-rights conditions or peace-making obligations — the arms sales do nothing to change the behavior of the authoritarian regimes in the region."

The Mideast/Balkan Connection:


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