No good deed goes unpunished in the modern world

The United States could give away every scrap of food, every article of clothing, and every cent and it wouldn't be enough for our enemies.  Worse than that, they want to take it out on the people in need of aid.  We continue our slow crawl toward submission to radical Islam in this country due to our acceptance of groups like CAIR and the ACLU (apparently their definition of tolerance is anything that isn't mainstream).  Meanwhile, in places like Pakistan where everyday living is a potential crisis, we can't give any aid without criticism from radicals who should readily accept free help because it is just that...FREE!!!  You lose nothing.  Unfortunately, this scares the little guy on the block because this proves that maybe the United States of America isn't the big, bad, evil country that they've been preaching against for the past seventy or so years. 

Sure, we have our flaws, but Operation Ajax in the early 50's assured that the free world had a steady petroleum supply for quite awhile (just preempting the typical arguments I get from the wikipedia scholars).  This is just one example of the argumentative individual who wants to appear wordly and scholarly.  Still to this day, we can't take a proverbial piss without criticism from some self-appointed critic of our foreign policies be they foreign or domestic.  Such is the case in the recent (August) aid to victims of flooding in Pakistan.

Here is the background:

On August 10, 2010, President Asif Zardari returned to Pakistan from his state visits to France and the UK and a stopover meeting with Bashar Al-Assad, the ruler of Syria.  The Pakistani president was roundly criticized in the UK and Pakistan for proceeding with the state visits as the country's worst floods in 80 years were unfolding.

By the time President Zardari returned, more than 1,500 people were killed by three weeks of monsoon-triggered floods. Maurizio Giuliano, a spokesman of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, estimated a day before Zardari's return that 13.8 million Pakistanis were affected, a figure now revised to 20 million.  While the international community and the Islamic nations were yet to respond, the U.S. had rushed rescue helicopters, more than half a million halal  The U.S. was leading the way in relief efforts, having pledged $35 million in aid, which was soon raised to $70 million and then to $150 million. meals, and water for the flood-affected people. 

--Excerpt from Middle East Media Research Institute article on the subject, author Tufail Ahmad

It didn't take long for our critics to let their people know the extent of our 'evil' aid:

Taliban Spokesman: Despite the Aid, "Our Jihad Against the U.S. will Continue"

Senator Saleh Shah: Floods Are "Allah's Wrath" for Not Protesting Against the U.S. Drone Attacks

Jamaat-e-Islami Emir: "To Accept Aid from the U.S. and India is Tantamount to Eating Poison"

Hizbut Tahrir Pakistan: Allowing U.S. Marines Inside Pakistan for Relief Work is Haram (Forbidden in Islam)

Provincial Minister: "Terrorists are Joining the Flood Victims; They are Posing as Flood Affectees And are Regrouping in the Flood-Hit Areas"

-- all from MEMRI.org

Now,  I'll be the first to admit I'm not a big fan of the Marines (that's personal Army bias and real-world experience with many of the goons), but Haram?  If Pakistan were such a sacred place, wouldn't people be flocking to it in droves?   Telling people NOT to accept help otherwise they will go to hell is evil.  Threatening people for needing aid is evil.

It's time once again for U.S. leaders to renew their vows taken under oath to protect this nation from enemies both foreign and domestic.  This mentality is not only seen in the pan-Islamic world, but in our own country.  Here this sort of thing is protected by words like racism and hate to those who dislike the message and the ideology trying to metastasize itself in strategic positions throughout this country.  All the DOJ can do is reaffirm their commitment to reassuring Muslims in this country that they will not be discriminated against.  It isn't Muslims in this country that are being discriminated against, it's people who don't want Sharia law in their state.  It's the elderly, the infirm, and women with big boobs who are singled out for body searches so that our government doesn't appear biased.  It's people who are being called bigots by radical Islamists and their liberal tool mouthpieces for not wanting a mosque at ground zero. Of course, the sensible person already knows all of this.  It's the one's that aren't sensible that I worry about.

We've got our tree in the front room with all of our wonderful decorations.  Presents for all of or friends are under the tree, and Mom is coming this year.  Looks to be a wonderful Christmas this year.  I hope that everyone else is having a wonderful Christmas season and that you remember the meaning behind the occasion:  It's not the season of giving and receiving, but rather a celebration of the birth of our savior who is responsible for any goodwill that this nation has toward people who would slap us in the face even when bearing gifts.