Let's end aid to Nagorno-Karabakh
I am an American who is concerned about our debt and excessive spending, especially on foreign aid to nations that work against us and kill our soldiers.
The Senate and House Appropriations Committees are considering a fiscal year 2012 foreign aid bill. We need to reduce spending by all means possible, especially to places that work against the U.S., such as Armenia. It should get less aid, since it sold weapons to Iran and Iraq, which resulted in a U.S. soldier, Matthew Straughter, being killed and three other U.S. soldiers being wounded. The same goes for the Armenia-occupied Nagorno-Karabagh region, which should not get any aid at all, considering that it is used for illegal drug and arms trade by Armenia and Iran. I urge funding be sustained for Azerbaijan, which is a steadfast ally helping U.S. interests in the region and the Muslim world.
Specifically, I support House Appropriations Subcommittee's mark-up on July 27:
- Absolutely zero direct aid to the Armenia-occupied Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) region. No aid should be given at all to that illegally occupied area of the world. The NK authorities are a military junta that occupied Azerbaijan and should not be rewarded with any aid under any pretext or guise;
- Reduce aid to Armenia to $40 million;
- Remove the discriminatory Section 907 of the Freedom Support Act of 1992. U.S. presidents have been waiving it since 2001, and it needs to be removed completely from the books.
We need to spend less and more wisely, helping only true friends, not rewarding hostiles. Foreign aid should be based on our national interests and be need-based. We should never send aid to illegal juntas that only perpetuate war.
Tarana Musayeva.
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