Thursday, March 17, 2011

The American Example

The Raymond Davis case you know?

Well, here are Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's Remarks to the Traveling Press on the matter in Cairo, Egypt, March 16, 2011

QUESTION: ...I’m not sure (inaudible) to ask about this – but the resolution of the Ray Davis case.
SECRETARY CLINTON: Right.
QUESTION: What can you tell us about it?
SECRETARY CLINTON: The family of – the families of the victims of the January 27th incident pardoned Mr. Davis, and we are very grateful for their decision. We appreciate the actions that they took that enabled Mr. Davis to leave Pakistan and head back home...
QUESTION: Can you talk at all about the blood money that was paid? And why was a decision made to do this when your argument had been all along that he should never be charged or tried because he had immunity?
SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, the United States did not pay any compensation.
QUESTION: How can – because the families say that compensation is being paid. Who paid the compensation?
SECRETARY CLINTON: You will have to ask the families.
QUESTION: Did the Pakistani Government?
SECRETARY CLINTON: You’ll have to ask the Pakistani Government.
QUESTION: Okay. So categorically, the U.S. taxpayer is not paying 2.3 million or whatever it was?
SECRETARY CLINTON: The United States does not pay any compensation.
QUESTION: Did anyone pay compensation at the behest of the United States?
SECRETARY CLINTON: The United States did not pay any compensation.

So, no money.

So why does Israel have to pay?

To the UN.

To the UK.

Maybe to Turkey.

What are we, stupid?

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