John Kerry Releases $250m In US Aid To Egypt As Reward For Political Reforms

[karynnj]

15. The point where you are being arrogant is where you say that I personally do not care for people

in this country. There is NOTHING in my post that says that. If you chose, you could look at posts that I have made over the last 7 years and you will not find ONE where that could be reasonably seen - and many where the opposite is true. Politically I am a 60s liberal who has always thought that too little was done for people who need help.

I have no problem that we disagree on whether the US should provide foreign aid - and note that this aid passed BOTH houses of Congress. My post was trying to explain the unusual word "releasing" in the article that someone had asked about. I did not deserve to be insulted by you for doing so.

It is clear that you are sensitive to being called "arrogant" when you make assumptions about me - a person you do not know. Yet, apparently, you can't understand why your comment was offensive to me. Being for foreign aid - as less than 1% of the budget does not mean that I do not care that many people have had tough economic times.

The fact is that foreign aid is NEVER popular - on either side of the aisle. Most people are in agreement with you, so there was even less reason that you should have been compelled to assign to me the attribution of "not caring for people in this country". That was what I called arrogant, rather than harsher words like obnoxious.