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Bought any ammo for Hamas recently? Submitted by Duncan Bayne on Wed, 2006-03-08 03:53.
[Edit: I should have read the article more carefully ...] The New Zealand Government has given 65 million dollars in aid to Palestine - which means that every one of the 4 million subjects of New Zealand has been forced to contribute NZ$16.25. "That's not so bad", I hear you say? Well, according to figures from AK-47 World and XE.com, NZ$16.25 should buy around 87 rounds of 7.72 x 39mm ammunition, as used in AK-47s. Now, a terrorist can do a lot of damage with 87 rounds of ammunition. Or (ignoring any potential savings from buying in bulk) the 348 million rounds the New Zealand Government has just given them funding to purchase. Or, from a more selfish perspective: what could you have bought with that NZ$16.25 per member of your family? Coffee and cake at a nice cafe? One quarter of a tank of petrol? A pile of books, pencils, erasers and suchlike for your children? Whichever way you look at it, our Government is a bunch of bastards.
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Mea culpa
... should've followed my own rule & taken a deep, calming breath & reread the original article before posting. Knee, jerk, etc.
Silly CVert
Don't you realise that humanitarianism = altruism = terrorism? Every loaf of bread given away for free is a bullet in the chest of freedom!
Kidding...
Stilll...
But our Government is still a bunch of bastards.
Correction of numbers
"New Zealand has made a contribution towards an aid package...
...the $500,000 from New Zealand..."
Which by your calculations means each New Zealander is donating 12.5 cents which will buy just over half a bullet (assuming none of it actually goes toward the humanitarian efforts it is aimed at).
I've been buying Hellfire Missiles for the IDF instead :-)
As a current payer of US taxes it appears that I'm buying Hellfire missiles for Israeli Apache gunships and exploding gagdets for Mossad's anti-terror teams...
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,186385,00.html
Here's hoping the JDAMs the IDF launches at the Iranian nuclear facilities are marked: "With love -- Uncle Sam."