Continuation of my Contentions Series

5. Aid for ?moderate? Middle Eastern regimes is meals on wheels, because it does not expect to rejuvenate.

I make the assumption that the Sheykh is talking about financial aid to Muslim countries. Meals on wheels is directly referencing the ‘official’ Meals on Wheels program whose mission statement I’ve added below:

“The Meals On Wheels Association of America represents those who provide congregate and home-delivered meal services to people in need. Our mission is to provide visionary leadership and professional training, and to develop partnerships that will ensure the provision of quality nutrition services”

In the same way that Meals on Wheels is dedicated to sustaining the eldery and those incapable of gathering their own food, foreign aid to Muslim countries are not meant to revitalize the nation nor encourage the nation to find its own sources of revenue. Meals on wheels does not have any intention of rejuvinating the people it serves, merely to ensure they avoid starvation.

Another analagous interpretation is the ‘relief’ aid that some Christian groups try to sell from 2 am infomercials. However, the reason I don’t believe this is what the Sheykh is referring to is because I strongly believe that the goal in that case is actually not to sustain nor rejuvinate, but to convert.