Does Obama not know this? Or does he just not care? Certainly the latter would be in line with his foreign policy, which has been consistent since the day he took office.
“U.S. Humanitarian Aid Going to ISIS,” by Jamie Dettmer, The Daily Beast, October 19, 2014:
GAZIANTEP, Turkey — While U.S. warplanes strike at the militants of the so-called Islamic State in both Syria and Iraq, truckloads of U.S. and Western aid has been flowing into territory controlled by the jihadists, assisting them to build their terror-inspiring “Caliphate.”
The aid—mainly food and medical equipment—is meant for Syrians displaced from their hometowns, and for hungry civilians. It is funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development, European donors, and the United Nations. Whether it continues is now the subject of anguished debate among officials in Washington and European. The fear is that stopping aid would hurt innocent civilians and would be used for propaganda purposes by the militants, who would likely blame the West for added hardship.
The Bible says if your enemy is hungry, feed him, and if he is thirsty, give him something to drink—doing so will “heap burning coals” of shame on his head. But there is no evidence that the militants of the Islamic State, widely known as ISIS or ISIL, feel any sense of disgrace or indignity (and certainly not gratitude) receiving charity from their foes.
Quite the reverse, the aid convoys have to pay off ISIS emirs (leaders) for the convoys to enter the eastern Syrian extremist strongholds of Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor, providing yet another income stream for ISIS militants, who are funding themselves from oil smuggling, extortion and the sale of whatever they can loot, including rare antiquities from museums and archaeological sites.
“The convoys have to be approved by ISIS and you have to pay them: the bribes are disguised and itemized as transportation costs,” says an aid coordinator who spoke to The Daily Beast on the condition he not be identified in this article. The kickbacks are either paid by foreign or local non-governmental organizations tasked with distributing the aid, or by the Turkish or Syrian transportation companies contracted to deliver it.
And there are fears the aid itself isn’t carefully monitored enough, with some sold off on the black market or used by ISIS to win hearts and minds by feeding its fighters and its subjects. At a minimum the aid means ISIS doesn’t have to divert cash from its war budget to help feed the local population or the displaced persons, allowing it to focus its resources exclusively on fighters and war making, say critics of the aid….
Gail Griffin says
Whatttt? Who is the top dog on this?? Researchers give us an email on this. Insanity
Charli Main says
” But there is no evidence that the militants of the Islamic State, widely known as ISIS or ISIL, feel any sense of disgrace or indignity (and certainly not gratitude) receiving charity from their foes.”
ITS NOT CHARITY !!!!! They don´t feel any shame because its their Allah given right to get and take from their Dhimmni water carriers. Its called Jizya, the right of all Muslims.
Jerry says
Should not HBO deliver in person?
Then, if they behead him, it will at
least be in a good cause.
duh_swami says
Isn’t aiding, supplying, and funding the enemy called treason?
It’s not the first time he has done that. How many freebee acts of treason does he get before someone actually charges him with it?
Pavelina says
In Obama-land there’s no such thing as treason. It’s no big deal. Helping our enemy is about as bad as skipping class.
VictorMc says
Same stuff every day.
BHO is a fraud and an Islamic activist. But we have all know that for years.
I blame the crass stupid Americans for being conned in the first place then conned yet again- my goodness me what stupid insular people they are but I knew that when I first visited the USA and stayed for a month on Long Island in 1974 amongst so called professional types- ignorant and insular beyond belief. To them ‘foreign news’ was from New Jersey.
Father says
This is how US, his allies and their partner secret agencies operate, i.e. giving all humanitarian and NGO-based aids indirectly to terrorists in Vietnam, Libya, Iraq, etc.
Jay Boo says
Obama needs to issue a (Sergeant Schultz) styled declaration denying the Armenian genocide followed by a deep bow while sending an urgent groveling request to Turkey for permission to arm the Kurdish forces.
Ha Meshuga says
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/10/20/us/politics/obama-sees-an-iran-deal-that-could-avoid-congress-.html?_r=0
Jay Boo says
Moderate Muslim Finger test
When making a point with a Muslim male, raise the finger and see if he reacts.
Jay Boo says
Muslims offer Muhammad undeserving praise.
Then they act in Mohammad’s example unknowingly offering well deserved slander to his memory.
Yes Obama,
The future does not belong to them.
ApolloSpeaks says
LET’S THROW IN FOOD STAMPS
and Obamacare while we’re at it. Maybe we can soften their murdering Moslem hearts with a little social justice free stuff loving.
http://www.apollospeaks.com
Elaine Goode says
Humanitarian aid??? Muslims love to live on welfare. A large percentage live on welfare in all the civilized countries they inhabit. We have enough poor people here in the USA, STOP GIVING OUR MONEY TO TERRORIST KILLERS!
Elisheva14 says
Israel gave Humanitarian Aid to Gaza during the war. Pretty bizarre.
http://mfa.gov.il/MFA/ForeignPolicy/Peace/Humanitarian/Pages/Israeli-humanitarian-aid-continues-10-Jul-2014.aspx
Hummer says
The President fails the oath of office again and again to protect America and carries out the agenda he always had and shoves it down our throat. We as a generous nation are unique in our charity of those in need. We are at war and need to respond accordingly. The President needs impeached for his failure to protect America period as the bottom line he aids our enemy time and again.
pongidae rex says
Misguided charity is one of the faces of Evil. The only thing that will stop the spread of IS is its inability to feed the territory it has conquered. It appears that problem has been solved for them by the idiots running this country into the ground.
ibn Muslim says
Anyone here read the full article? The issue is paying ISIS and al-Shabaab 10k of USD to allow aid in. It’s called a “registration fee”. And the fact that they want ISIS people employed and want to steer the aid to their fighters. Most comments on JW are purely ignorant – neutrality is how humanitarian aid operates…
gravenimage says
The vile ibn Muslim wrote:
Anyone here read the full article? The issue is paying ISIS and al-Shabaab 10k of USD to allow aid in. It’s called a “registration fee”.
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I imagine ISIS considers it “tribute”. Despite ibn Muslim’s bullsh*t, no legitimate recipient demands aid workers pay a “registration fee” to provide charity.
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And the fact that they want ISIS people employed and want to steer the aid to their fighters.
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Demanding protection money from aid workers is not “employment”—it is piracy. And note his bland phrasing, saying that ISIS wants to “steer the aid to their fighters”—in other words, Jihadists are stealing aid provided by good people hoping to *aid their victims*.
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Most comments on JW are purely ignorant – neutrality is how humanitarian aid operates…
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No one here has—except for ibn Muslim, so far—said anything here that is not correct.
The fact is that there is nothing neutral about charities paying Jihadists, nor in allowing the aid to be “steered” to the people causing the very misery it is meant to assuage.
Ibn Muslim’s pretending that this is how all aid works is simply grotesque.
gravenimage says
test
chevalier says
Why does isis want to drag the US into s ground war?
the answer is the same as to why Hammas attacks a country which is 1000
times more powerful than itself.
even if Isis are wiped out they will win the war because of the eventual
support of the anti american MSM and the liberal left which will mark them
as victims of american imperialism regardless of what acts of barbarism isis
commit. Obama knows this. AMERICA and Israel have been delegitimized by
Islamic propaganda.
in this way anti americanism is similar to antisemitism
gp says
US humanitarian aid going to ISIS? Does that include the government health and welfare benefits they are receiving back at home?
pumbar says
You’d think all that US aid would stretch to providing some longer trousers and clean socks. Also, that guy with the RPG seems to be holding it like it’s a cocktail shaker.
quasimotter says
Now I don’t know near as much as the rest of the bloggers. I assume that they have enough facts on hand to backup their statements. I have no background in politics and not much schooling. I really can’t make sense out of the twenty sides from the pinkos, muslim-haters, Obama-haters, the Libbers, Tea Partiers. I’m really confused. One thing bothers me about both sides. What if we’re wrong?
What if we’re playing into hands exactly the opposite that most of us seem to be saying? Please don’t yell at me or curse me. I’m really concerned about this.
There seems to be a lot of history that shows that a lot, I mean thousands or millions? of people that were taken in. Like the Spanish Inquisition where everybody believed that old ladies were witches and thousands, I think–I haven’t looked it up–were burned at the stake. I’m NOT, please understand, I’m not saying that this is anything like that. I’m using it as an example that even the best, well-meaning, and I say good religious people can be taken in. How do we know who to trust?
Please answer me with the respect that I am asking the question.
Thank You