EMBARGOS: IRAQ VS. PALESTINIANS--Under the headline Aid to Palestinians Rose in ’06 Despite an Embargo, Steven Erlanger of the New York Times writes:

One side effect of the redirected aid, some officials said, is that while starvation has been avoided, institutions are withering and a culture of dependence is expanding.

AllahPundit notes that when it came to the embargo of Iraq--there the exception was made in the form of Oil For Food, which Saddam twisted to his own advantage, but

We never reached the next stage — the “culture of dependency” lament — but I guess we’re there now with the Palestinians. And wouldn’t you know it, it seems the only “humane” solution available to us at this point is to engage and financially support the same terrorist government the embargo was designed to cripple.

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