The United Nations this morning told FOX that the Saudis have pledged WFP a whopping $500 million contribution in response to the urgent WFP appeal in early April for $775 million to help it cope with a crisis caused by lower international grain stocks and rising energy costs. According to WFP that threatened to put at least 100 million more people around the world on the edge of starvation.
The Saudi contribution came two weeks after FOX revealed, based on WFP donor records, that Saudi Arabia had given nothing at all to the food agency this year, despite spiraling oil prices that had brought on the food crisis.
While I do like seeing Saudi Arabia publicly humiliated like this and getting this type of reaction, it is sad to see that they even had to be publicly shamed into giving at all. It shows their greed. It shows how self centered they really are.
What do you want to bet that Saudi Arabia makes this a one time gift? I'd bet the farm that Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern states don't give this much money on a yearly basis. You want to be a world power? Then you have to whip out the checkbook like a world power. Otherwise, this will continue to happen.
Remember when Saudi Arabia and other nations said they'd put forth the extra money towards the Palestinians when they got blockaded for their support and election of Hamas? Yeah....how's that going for you?
Travis
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