I know there is already a thread on the payments from the American people to the massacre victims, But I thought this point needed a thread of its own. Obama gave them this money? "From Obama"? Obama personally paid those people out of his pocket? I dont really have a problem with the payments, but it should say this money came from the American people not Obama Obama money" more "Obama money"
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/26/w...fghan-villagers-for-soldiers-attack.html?_r=1U.S. Pays Families of Afghan Victims in Massacre
KABUL, Afghanistan The families of 16 Afghan villagers who were killed this month by a rampaging American soldier were given $50,000 by the United States for each of their relatives who died, Afghan and American officials said.
The payments were made on Saturday by American military officers at the office of the governor of Kandahar Province, where the killings took place. The people wounded in the attacks were each given $11,000, said Haji Agha Lalai, a member of the Kandahar provincial council.
Haji Jan Agha, who lost cousins in the killings, said he and other relatives were invited to the governors office by foreign and Afghan officials, according to Reuters. They said this money is an assistance from Obama, Mr. Agha was quoted as saying.