Posted on 12/02/2019 8:24:05 PM PST by BenLurkin
The Trump administration has released $105 million in military assistance to Lebanon after months of delay without providing an explanation.
The money for the Lebanese Armed Forces had languished in the Office of Management and Budget since September even after it won congressional approval.
No reason was ever given for not releasing it, even as Lebanon descended into anti-government protests after leaders announced new taxes on calls made using social media apps like WhatsApp.
The State Department called on Lebanon to use the money to rein in corruption and implement economic reforms.
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Once and for all, how’s this govt approval work?
Does that mean the president HAS TO give the money and is it in a written, specific time frame?
If not, then why the hub bub?
I’ve NEVER typed “hub bub” before.
Don’t even know if I did it right.
Might as well give it to the PLO.
Tricky one for sure.
Riots in Lebanon recently. Anti-Hamas? Maybe.
The President doesn’t have to give an explanation.
I suspect that the OMB doesn’t either once they’ve been given
the authority to say “yay” or “nay” on a given expenditure.
If they didn’t give an explanation solely to make #FakeNews talking deadheads go splodey head that’s fine by me. :)
I don’t want to start a rhubarb over it but hubbub is one word. :)
“Hubbub” is a word. You did it wrong. You should have used hullabaloo. It rolls off the tongue much nicer.
OK, Dems, there’s got to be a quid pro quo in there somewhere. Start digging.
I wonder if that is an impeachable offense? 😁🤣
I had thought that there was political turmoil in Lebanon. Things must have settled down.
At this point, aid to Lebanon = aid to Hezbollah. No way in hell we should be arming them.
the worst thing is that the money winds up going to the terrorist Hezballah gang to buy more weapons
The state department goes bonkers because that money comes right back to the Beltway in one form or another, clean as a laundered shirt. We are no longer fools.
Hunter Biden was on the board of a Lebanese company too?
Yeah i was kinda thinking..WHY??
How embarrassing. Couldn’t use a lousy word right.
But not as embarrassing as the time I...forget it.
“The State Department called on Lebanon to use the money to rein in corruption and implement economic reforms.”
They won’t. It will get diverted to programs that subsidize consumption, to make the sheeple happy, for a while.
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