I wrote Sen. Rand Paul a week ago
expressing my dismay as to his uninformed and/or convoluted thoughts on Egypt.
I am unable to publish my original email since it was a web form that is used instead of a regular email contact.
Below is his (ok, a staffers or even a canned) response:
August 19, 2013
Dear Mr. (I deleted my name from
this),
Thank you for taking the time to
contact me regarding foreign aid from the United States. I appreciate
hearing your thoughts on this issue.
One of the most significant issues
facing our country is the foreign policy of the United States and how we
interact with our neighbors around the globe. The United States and its
citizens are some of the most generous individuals in the world. With the
strength of our Armed Forces, we are blessed to have the ability to quickly
respond to tragedies of both natural and man-made disasters.
The United States is good at
promoting freedom, encouraging trade and supportive of those willing to
participate in peace and benefit from its prosperity. Unfortunately, a
majority of the foreign aid is not given to other countries in response to
emergencies. Most countries that receive U.S. aid receive economic and
military assistance rather than humanitarian aid. Despite billions of
dollars spent in attempts to assist countries and help them prosper, economic
and military aid has had questionable effects.
Aid that should be focused toward
investment and growth is typically funneled into consumption. Instead of
reaching the people who need it, foreign aid has increased the size of foreign
governments or used to line the pockets of corrupt leaders. When it comes
to military aid, countries like Egypt, Pakistan, Syria and Libya have used the
weapons we have provided against their own people, and for other purposes that
are against the interests of the United States.
Foreign aid should not be used to
pressure nations into doing our will, but aid certainly should not be given to
governments that actively work against and undermine the United States. I
have introduced many pieces of legislation and amendments to reduce military
aid to specific nations, in response to their actions against the United
States.
In addition to the problematic
effects our aid has created, our country is facing a considerable national
debt problem. We have seen countries and currencies fall under their
unsustainable debt. We cannot continue to borrow money from other nations
in order to give funds to other countries. We need to get our own fiscal
house in order to prevent ourselves from becoming a nation similar to the ones
in need of our assistance.
Thank you again for taking the
time to share your thoughts with me. It is an absolute honor to represent
the Commonwealth of Kentucky in the United States Senate. Feel free to
contact me again regarding any other federal issue.
Sincerely,
Rand Paul, MD
United States Senator
My response:
Thank you for your response but it
made me sad for America yet again.
That you lump Egypt in with those
other corrupt regimes is amazing.
The military in Egypt is using
weapons not against its own people but against a terrorist organization that
has invaded Egypt and wants to snuff out all opposition.
So unlike America, who does not
play this deadly serious game to win. Thereby creating an Endless War.
I could go on, you will never
understand though. Thats why America has lost influence, not totally due
to the ridiculously childish foreign policies of the democrats but because
you're very insulated in your thinking and will never understand anyone other
than yourself. Unfortunately, it seems our Intelligence agencies are just
like you. This is why they have to turn to Big Data since they cannot
understand people. But I digress.
Lastly, that you use the excuse,
that taxpayers in America deserve better than having their money be used to
stop the murder of Christians is astonishing & shocking to say the least.
Egypt is doing what America should
have been doing all along.
But then again, America no longer
cares for Christians. So you would be right in thinking that Egypt is
undermining America's interests. Now I get it.
I want peace... not this Endless
War and definitely not being forcibly converted to the religion of (un)peace.
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