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Obama Increases Aid To Arab And Muslim Regimes, Zeros Out Funding For Iranian And Egyptian Democracy Mvmts

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Now this is just getting silly:

In the latest in a recent series of increased American assistance efforts for Arab and Muslim states, U.S. President Barack Obama has allocated an additional $150 million to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The regimes leading Egypt, the Palestinian Authority, the United Arab Emirates and even Saudi Arabia have all benefited from recent American policy shifts...

2009 State Department funding for the promotion of democratic initiatives in Egypt was cut from $50 million to $20 million. In addition, the U.S. has agreed not to give any of the pro-democracy funds to organizations that are not approved by the Mubarak regime... the Obama administration planned to dramatically increase funding to the Palestinian Authority for security training... the U.S. has already pledged $600 million in funds to the Palestinian Authority, with another $300 million for humanitarian aid to the Hamas regime in Gaza... the U.S. is set to help the United Arab Emirates become the first Arab nation with a developed nuclear power infrastructure...

The Obama administration's assistance to Arab and Muslim states extends beyond the monetary, however... the American government has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to preserve sovereign immunity for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and four Saudi princes in connection with a civil case seeking compensation for victims of the massive September 11, 2001, al-Qaeda terrorist attacks on the American homeland.

Obama also zeroed out aid to Iranian pro-democracy movements in the 2010 budget. There was, however, enough money floating around to commit $73 million to Mugabe's Zimbabwe.

Or, as the NYT described it, "Urging Freedoms, Obama Chides Zimbabwe Leader."

References:
* Obama Increasing Aid to Jordan, Other Muslim States [A7]
* Urging Freedoms, Obama Chides Zimbabwe Leader [NYT]
* New Heights in Not Meddling [Andy McCarthy / NRO]

Previously:
* Obama: We Need To Start Sucking Up To Iran Right Now So We Can Get Out Of Iraq (Plus: Liberal American Jews Torn Between Old Anti-Israel Democrat And New Anti-Israel Democrat)
* Confirmed: Obama Surrogates Were Negotiating With Iran And Syria During Election (Plus: Results Thus Far A Little Short Of Spectacular) (UPDATE: Just How Many Delegations Did Obama Send To Assad?)
* Sarkozy: Of Course Obama's Iran Policy Is Imbecilic

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