I CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 13 1 ¶ Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not love, it profiteth me nothing. 4 ¶ Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; 6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; 7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. 8 ¶ Love never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. 9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. 10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. 11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. 13 And now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love. Subject: Fw: Scott Ritter's Presentation at CALTECH Last Night Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 07:05:31 -0000 From: "Kirk Gregory Czuhai" [ Add To Address Book ] To: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , "cbs dan rather" , "brokow nbc news" , "UN" , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , (View All Headers) Move Message To: Sent Items saved money clinton ----- Original Message ----- From: "XDangerousDNA" Newsgroups: alt.politics.usa.constitution Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 1:33 PM Subject: Scott Ritter's Presentation at CALTECH Last Night > Re: Scott Ritter's Presentation at CALTECH Last Night to Broadcast on KPFK > World Issues: The War on Terror > > Scott Ritter's Presentation at CALTECH Last Night > > I just heard that Mr. Ritter's CALTECH presentation from last night will air on > KPFK (90.7 FM in Los Angeles) tomorrow (on Friday, November 15th, 2002) at 8 AM > (Pacific), but start listening at 7 AM (Pacific) to catch his excellent > presentation if you would like to... Again, you can listen via your computer > using the link found at the following URL: > > http://www.kpfk.org > > And those Caltech students are supposed to be bright... and they are falling > for this? > > If I had known earlier, maybe I would have gone just to read back to Ritter > his own words from 1998 or ask him about the $400,000 he got from Saddam --- > but they probably wouldn't have let me do that anyway. > > SUPPORT PRESIDENT BUSH! ???????????????????? ???????> REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP IS GOOD FOR AMERICA ?????????????? > > I will never support Bush's Zionist-driven (JINSA) agenda: > > http://www.itszone.co.uk/zone0/viewtopic.php?t=1047 > > Whatever Ritter received as a letter of credit (400,000) which has to be paid > back is far less than what the pro-Israel lobby has paid Congress to get what > it wants (to include the coming invasion of Iraq for the benefit of Israel so > it can start its ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians into Jordan): > > US Financial Aid To Israel - Figures, Facts And Impact > > http://www.rense.com/general31/rege.htm > US Financial Aid To Israel - > Figures, Facts And Impact > Washington Report On Middle East Affairs > RMEA.com > 11-9-2 > > Summary > Benefits to Israel of U.S. Aid > Since 1949 (As of November 1, 1997) > Foreign Aid Grants and Loans > $74,157,600,000 > Other U.S. Aid (12.2% of Foreign Aid) > $9,047,227,200 > Interest to Israel from Advanced Payments > $1,650,000,000 > Grand Total > $84,854,827,200 > Total Benefits per Israeli > $14,630 > Cost to U.S. Taxpayers of U.S. > Aid to Israel > Grand Total > $84,854,827,200 > Interest Costs Borne by U.S. > $49,936,680,000 > Total Cost to U.S. Taxpayers > $134,791,507,200 > Total Cost per Israeli > $23,240 > Special Reports: > U.S. Aid To Israel: http://www.wrmea.com/html/us_aid_to_israel.htm#STRATEGIC > The Strategic Functions U.S. Aid to Israel: > http://www.wrmea.com/html/us_aid_to_israel.htm#Taxpayer > What U.S. Taxpayer Should Know U.S. Aid to Israel: > http://www.wrmea.com/html/us_aid_to_israel.htm#Israel > Interpreting the 'Strategic Relationship' The Cost of Israel to U.S. Taxpayers: > > http://www.wrmea.com/html/us_aid_to_israel.htm#Lies > > True Lies About U.S. Aid to Israel > THE STRATEGIC FUNCTIONS OF U.S. AID TO ISRAEL > By Stephen Zunes > Dr. Zunes is an assistant professor in the Department of Politics at the > University of San Francisco > Since 1992, the U.S. has offered Israel an additional $2 billion annually in > loan guarantees. Congressional researchers have disclosed that between 1974 and > 1989, $16.4 billion in U.S. military loans were converted to grants and that > this was the understanding from the beginning. Indeed, all past U.S. loans to > Israel have eventually been forgiven by Congress, which has undoubtedly helped > Israel's often-touted claim that they have never defaulted on a > U.S. government loan. U.S. policy since 1984 has been that economic assistance > to Israel must equal or exceed Israel's annual debt repayment to the United > States. Unlike other countries, which receive aid in quarterly installments, > aid to Israel since 1982 has been given in a lump sum at the beginning of the > fiscal year, leaving the U.S. government to borrow from future revenues. Israel > even lends some of this money back through U.S. treasury bills > and collects the additional interest. > In addition, there is the more than $1.5 billion in private U.S. funds that go > to Israel annually in the form of $1 billion in private tax-deductible > donations and $500 million in Israeli bonds. The ability of Americans to make > what amounts to tax-deductible contributions to a foreign government, made > possible through a number of Jewish charities, does not exist with any other > country. Nor do these figures include short- and long-term commercial > loans from U.S. banks, which have been as high as $1 billion annually in recent > years. > Total U.S. aid to Israel is approximately one-third of the American foreign- > aid budget, even though Israel comprises just .001 percent of the world's > population and already has one of the world's higher per capita incomes. > Indeed, Israel's GNP is higher than the combined GNP of Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, > Jordan, the West Bank and Gaza. With a per capita income of about $14,000, > Israel ranks as the sixteenth wealthiest country in the world; Israelis > enjoy a higher per capita income than oil-rich Saudi Arabia and are only > slightly less well-off than most Western European countries. > AID does not term economic aid to Israel as development assistance, but instead > uses the term "economic support funding." Given Israel's relative prosperity, > U.S. aid to Israel is becoming increasingly controversial. In 1994, Yossi > Beilen, deputy foreign minister of Israel and a Knesset member, told the > Women's International Zionist organization, "If our economic situation is > better than in many of your countries, how can we go on asking for your > charity?" > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > US Aid To Israel: What U.S. Taxpayer Should Know > By Tom Malthaner > This morning as I was walking down Shuhada Street in Hebron, I saw graffiti > marking the newly painted storefronts and awnings. Although three months past > schedule and 100 percent over budget, the renovation of Shuhada Street was > finally completed this week. The project manager said the reason for the delay > and cost overruns was the sabotage of the project by the Israeli settlers of > the Beit Hadassah settlement complex in Hebron. They broke the street > lights, stoned project workers, shot out the windows of bulldozers and other > heavy equipment with pellet guns, broke paving stones before they were laid and > now have defaced again the homes and shops of Palestinians with graffiti. The > settlers did not want Shuhada St. opened to Palestinian traffic as was agreed > to under Oslo 2. This renovation project is paid for by USAID funds and it > makes me angry that my tax dollars have paid for improvements that > have been destroyed by the settlers. > Most Americans are not aware how much of their tax revenue our government sends > to Israel. For the fiscal year ending in September 30, 1997, the U.S. has given > Israel $6.72 billion: $6.194 billion falls under Israel's foreign aid allotment > and $526 million comes from agencies such as the Department of Commerce, the > U.S. Information Agency and the Pentagon. The $6.72 billion figure does not > include loan guarantees and annual compound interest > totalling $3.122 billion the U.S. pays on money borrowed to give to Israel. It > does not include the cost to U.S. taxpayers of IRS tax exemptions that donors > can claim when they donate money to Israeli charities. (Donors claim > approximately $1 billion in Federal tax deductions annually. This ultimately > costs other U.S. tax payers $280 million to $390 million.) > When grant, loans, interest and tax deductions are added together for the > fiscal year ending in September 30, 1997, our special relationship with Israel > cost U.S. taxpayers over $10 billion. > Since 1949 the U.S. has given Israel a total of $83.205 billion. The interest > costs borne by U.S. tax payers on behalf of Israel are $49.937 billion, thus > making the total amount of aid given to Israel since 1949 $133.132 billion. > This may mean that U.S. government has given more federal aid to the average > Israeli citizen in a given year than it has given to the average American > citizen. > I am angry when I see Israeli settlers from Hebron destroy improvements made to > Shuhada Street with my tax money. Also, it angers me that my government is > giving over $10 billion to a country that is more prosperous than most of the > other countries in the world and uses much of its money for strengthening its > military and the oppression of the Palestinian people. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > US Aid To Israel: Interpreting The 'Strategic Relationship' > By Stephen Zunes > "The U.S. aid relationship with Israel is unlike any other in the world," said > Stephen Zunes during a January 26 CPAP presentation. "In sheer volume, the > amount is the most generous foreign aid program ever between any two > countries," added Zunes, associate professor of Politics and chair of the Peace > and Justice Studies Program at the University of San Francisco. > He explored the strategic reasoning behind the aid, asserting that it parallels > the "needs of American arms exporters" and the role "Israel could play in > advancing U.S. strategic interests in the region." > Although Israel is an "advanced, industrialized, technologically sophisticated > country," it "receives more U.S. aid per capita annually than the total annual > [Gross Domestic Product] per capita of several Arab states." Approximately a > third of the entire U.S. foreign aid budget goes to Israel, "even though Israel > comprises just . . . one-thousandth of the world's total population, and > already has one of the world's higher per capita incomes." > U.S. government officials argue that this money is necessary for "moral" > reasons-some even say that Israel is a "democracy battling for its very > survival." If that were the real reason, however, aid should have been highest > during Israel's early years, and would have declined as Israel grew stronger. > Yet "the pattern . . . has been just the opposite." According to Zunes, "99 > percent of all U.S. aid to Israel took place after the June 1967 war, when > Israel found itself more powerful than any combination of Arab armies . . ." > The U.S. supports Israel's dominance so it can serve as "a surrogate for > American interests in this vital strategic region." "Israel has helped defeat > radical nationalist movements" and has been a "testing ground for U.S. made > weaponry." Moreover, the intelligence agencies of both countries have > "collaborated," and "Israel has funneled U.S. arms to third countries that the > U.S. [could] not send arms to directly, . . . Iike South Africa, like the > Contras, Guatemala under the military junta, [and] Iran." Zunes cited an > Israeli analyst who said: "'It's like Israel has just become another federal > agency when it's convenient to use and you want something done quietly."' > Although the strategic relationship between the United States and the Gulf Arab > states in the region has been strengthening in recent years, these states "do > not have the political stability, the technological sophistication, [or] > the number of higher-trained armed forces personnel" as does Israel. > Matti Peled, former Israeli major general and Knesset member, told Zunes that > he and most Israeli generals believe this aid is "little more than an American > subsidy to U.S. arms manufacturers," considering that the majority of military > aid to Israel is used to buy weapons from the U.S. Moreover, arms to Israel > create more demand for weaponry in Arab states. According to Zunes, "the > Israelis announced back in 1991 that they supported the idea of a > freeze in Middle East arms transfers, yet it was the United States that > rejected it." > In the fall of 1993-when many had high hopes for peace-78 senators wrote to > former President Bill Clinton insisting that aid to Israel remain "at current > levels." Their "only reason" was the "massive procurement of sophisticated arms > by Arab states." The letter neglected to mention that 80 percent of those arms > to Arab countries came from the U.S. > "I'm not denying for a moment the power of AIPAC [the American Israel Public > Affairs Committee], the pro-Israel lobby," and other similar groups, Zunes > said. Yet the "Aerospace Industry Association which promotes these massive arms > shipments . . . is even more influential." This association has given two times > more money to campaigns than all of the pro-Israel groups combined. Its "force > on Capitol Hill, in terms of lobbying, surpasses that of even > AIPAC." Zunes asserted that the "general thrust of U.S. policy would be pretty > much the same even if AIPAC didn't exist. We didn't need a pro-Indonesia lobby > to support Indonesia > "An increasing number of Israelis are pointing out" that these funds are not in > Israel's best interest. Quoting Peled, Zunes said, "this aid pushes Israel > 'toward a posture of callous intransigence' in terms of the peace process." > Moreover, for every dollar the U.S. sends in arms aid, Israel must spend two to > three dollars to train people to use the weaponry, to buy parts, and in other > ways make use of the aid. Even "main-stream Israeli economists > are saying [it] is very harmful to the country's future." > The Israeli paper Yediot Aharonot described Israel as "'the godfather's > messenger' since [Israel] undertake[s] the 'dirty work' of a godfather who > 'always tries to appear to be the owner of some large, respectable business."' > Israeli satirist B. Michael refers to U.S. aid this way: "'My master gives me > food to eat and I bite those whom he tells me to bite. It's called strategic > cooperation." 'To challenge this strategic relationship, one cannot focus > solely on the Israeli lobby but must also examine these "broader forces as > well." "Until we tackle this issue head-on," it will be "very difficult to win" > in other areas relating to Palestine. > "The results" of the short-term thinking behind U.S. policy "are tragic," not > just for the "immediate victims" but "eventually [for] Israel itself" For the > rest of this message post, please access: > > http://www.kpfk.org/ > Hidden wars of > Desert Storm Screenings > says that Iraq wasn't going to go into Saudi Arabia and that the USA used that > as an excuse to convince the Saudis to allow them into Saudi Arabia to > establish bases there and to get at the oil.. it is an excellent documentary > that none of the networks (to include PBS) will air because the corporations > that sponsor the networks don't want the truth to get out.. > > For More information on the film go to www.hiddenwars.com. > Please call to rsvp at a location nearest you. > KPFK invites all listeners to a series of free screenings special of this past > fund drive's favorite- the "Hidden Wars of Desert Storm" a 60 minute > video-documentary on the Gulf War, the Iraqi embargo and the truth regarding > Gulf War Syndrome. 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