
Originally Posted by
Dan Druff
I laugh at the claims that the 6 billion to Iran is being monitored and can't be used for anything but humanitarian aid.
That's not how it works.
Let's say I love doing drugs, but I also have a low take-home pay of $2k/month, which has to go to food, rent, and basic necessities.
A rich benefactor comes to me and says, "Todd, I want to help you out to live a better lifestyle, but I'm afraid you will use any money I give you to buy drugs. Therefore, I will only release money to you which I can see is directly going to necessary life expenses."
I say okay, and indeed I present the benefactor with various bills to pay, groceries to reimburse me for, and rent obligations. He is satisfied and releases the money, which I honestly spend in all of these areas.
Then I say to myself, "Sweet! That $2k from my job which I was going to spend on necessities... I can spend it on drugs now!", and I do exactly that.
Has this rich benefactor bought me drugs? Not directly. Has his financial generosity enabled me to pay for drugs? Definitely.
That's basically what is going on here. You cannot give "financial aid" to a hostile country looking to attack your allies, even if you monitor where it's going. All you're doing is enabling them to spend more money against your interests.