Why Is U.S. Aid Going Directly To The Islamic State?

Workers load humanitarian aid from United Nations onto a plane for Syrian families, in Arbil airport, about 350 km (220 miles) north of Baghdad, December 15, 2013. Credit: REUTERS/Stringer

U.S. Humanitarian Aid Going to ISIS -- Jamie Dettmer, Daily Beast

Not only are foodstuffs, medical supplies—even clinics—going to ISIS, the distribution networks are paying ISIS ‘taxes’ and putting ISIS people on their payrolls.

GAZIANTEP, Turkey — While U.S. warplanes strike at the militants of the so-called Islamic State in both Syria and Iraq, truckloads of U.S. and Western aid has been flowing into territory controlled by the jihadists, assisting them to build their terror-inspiring “Caliphate.”

The aid—mainly food and medical equipment—is meant for Syrians displaced from their hometowns, and for hungry civilians. It is funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development, European donors, and the United Nations. Whether it continues is now the subject of anguished debate among officials in Washington and European. The fear is that stopping aid would hurt innocent civilians and would be used for propaganda purposes by the militants, who would likely blame the West for added hardship.

The Bible says if your enemy is hungry, feed him, and if he is thirsty, give him something to drink—doing so will “heap burning coals” of shame on his head. But there is no evidence that the militants of the Islamic State, widely known as ISIS or ISIL, feel any sense of disgrace or indignity (and certainly not gratitude) receiving charity from their foes.

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My Comment: To say that the U.S. strategy to combat the Islamic State is in disarray is an understatement ... but to give aid to the enemy .... this is outright criminal. In another time such people would be condemned as traitors .... and dealt with severely. Today .... they have well paying jobs courtesy of the U.S. taxpayer.