"Only an alert & knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial & military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods & goals, so that security & liberty may prosper together". Dwight D.Eisenhower.
"Only an alert & knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial & military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods & goals, so that security & liberty may prosper together". Dwight D.Eisenhower.
In short, an Aussie politician sold-out Australia to the Chinese, for a job after politics that pays him a cool $800,000:00 per year...
In exchange, China has built & runs there own air-port, & sea-service port...
Isn't it funny how we discover these things AFTER THE FACT ?....
-- Edited by Rastus on Wednesday 20th of March 2019 09:55:16 PM
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"Only an alert & knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial & military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods & goals, so that security & liberty may prosper together". Dwight D.Eisenhower.
That's pretty insane, but it goes on all the time here in the USA... actually that is small potatoes..
Recently in the media again is a company named Solyndra, which got something to the tune of $500 million during the Obama Administration for solar panels... anyway, the company went bankrupt just two short years later and it's being said that it went Bankrupt much sooner than that however the Obama Administration kept it quiet because of the fact it was an election year...
That is half a billion taxpayer bucks! *POOF* GONE *
And even that is small potatoes compared to the $1.7 BILLION DOLLARS CASH that Obama sent to Iran, along with an additional $150 Billion via wire!
You're in here upset about 800,000 and we had a guy skimming TRILLIONS from our Government!
It's going to take two terms just to service the money printing machines from the last time the Democrats were in office! They literally wore them out!
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They didn't tell us how much the Chinese spend to build that infrastructure...
Anyhow, I only wanted to point-out how sneaky & corrupt ALL of OUR officials are, & how their government appointments are mere stepping-stones to greener corporate pastures, that's all...
Meanwhile, they keep "us" occupied with the shyte in the media lol !
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"Only an alert & knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial & military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods & goals, so that security & liberty may prosper together". Dwight D.Eisenhower.
Um Rex, we have already discussed the money sent to Iran. It was due to a ruling by an international court the U.S. helped set up (prior to Obama), and paid out of a fund set up by Congress to pay such claims. The payment of said legitimate claim was a contingency of the Nuclear deal which was actually working. Then President Trump backed us out of the deal without getting anything in return, which is his prerogative I guess, albeit poor business. No wonder so many of his businesses have claimed bankruptcy.
IIRC he paid that money to release US Military hostages Iran was holding!
He didn't have to settle either, he could have let it played out in court and should have! The agreement they made with us for weapons was before a radical regime change, so there was a basis for what had happened! But Obama just decided to give a sponsor of terror $152 billion, with 1.7 billion of it in CASH!? Nah, it was dirty! We need a two year investigation into that deal! I smell treason!
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Um Rex, we have already discussed the money sent to Iran. It was due to a ruling by an international court the U.S. helped set up (prior to Obama), and paid out of a fund set up by Congress to pay such claims. The payment of said legitimate claim was a contingency of the Nuclear deal which was actually working. Then President Trump backed us out of the deal without getting anything in return, which is his prerogative I guess, albeit poor business. No wonder so many of his businesses have claimed bankruptcy.
Agreed, this is / was the deal that was made.
Back then, "No Nukes is Good Nukes" was great policy for Iran.
But with Mr.Trump being pro-nuclear & having absolutely no idea of what he's setting us all up for, matters have changed for the worse.
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"Only an alert & knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial & military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods & goals, so that security & liberty may prosper together". Dwight D.Eisenhower.