I agree with Bush on this

[Don K Dyck]

Re: Here's a Few . . .

1. The Northern Ireland bombings

2. The Rwanda terror (OK that was eight years ago)

3. Eta in Spain, already mentioned by Pyper

4. The Burmese Army in Burma (Meinmah (?))

5. US terrorist activities in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

6. Shining Path in Peru

7. The Saren attacks in NY/London (?) subway . . .

8. Teinamen Square China (OK that was about 10 years ago)

Somehow I get the feeling that DannyBoyUK may have an interest in this thread . . .

Oh and I forgot

9. the almost daily US bombing raids into Iraq and the trade embargo that prohibits the export to Iraq of medical supplies . . . another act of terror . . .

10. the Kurdish kerfuffle . . . when the "loyal allies" got exterminated with weapons the US provided to Saddam Hussein.

 

[JazzManJim]

It's a fantastic distortion. It's a phenomenal drop in the bucket when compared to what the richest country in the world could be doing. Why don't they do more? Unchecked greed. It's simple.

A distortion? A drop in the bucket?

Perhaps you didn't actually read that number right.

That was 44 Billion Dollars.

Billion, with a B.

In one single year. The United States does that every single year. The United States donates more in one year than most countries can produce. And for their donations, the people of this country ask absolutely nothing. Perhaps they should.

To say that the United States doens't give enough money to help nations around the world is worse than logically indefensible. It's willful ignorance and it's American bashing of the most despicable order.

 

[Don K Dyck]

See The Whole Picture . . .

A distortion? A drop in the bucket?

Perhaps you didn't actually read that number right.

That was 44 Billion Dollars.

Billion, with a B.

In one single year. The United States does that every single year. The United States donates more in one year than most countries can produce. And for their donations, the people of this country ask absolutely nothing. Perhaps they should.

To say that the United States doens't give enough money to help nations around the world is worse than logically indefensible. It's willful ignorance and it's American bashing of the most despicable order.

Hi Jim . . . the US also

1. withholds overdue subscriptions from the UN,

2. meddles in the domestic affairs of other foreign countries, both "allies" and potential enemies, plus

3. ties much of the aid they do give to purchases within the US of US produce,when frequently the problem on the ground of the recipient country is one of distribution, or

4. often caused by a CIA-funded "freedom fighter" group.

 

[Azwed]

Here is a chart of the official development assistance. It is ranked by percentage of GDP with Denmark being first of 22 and the US being last.



http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/Debt/USAid.asp

Go near the bottom of this page.

 

[TWB]

Here is a chart of the official development assistance. It is ranked by percentage of GDP with Denmark being first of 22 and the US being last.



http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/Debt/USAid.asp

Go near the bottom of this page.

Interesting. And I thought I was original at comparing GDP to giving.

 

[Azwed]

Interesting. And I thought I was original at comparing GDP to giving.

Nope, people been doing it for years.

Here is a African Leader who recognizes AIDS as a real problem.

President Festus Mogae of Botswana

http://www.aegis.com/news/afp/2000/AF001115.html


Botswana-AIDS: Botswana president says at least half natural deaths due to AIDS

Agence France-Presse - November 6, 2000


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GABORONE, Nov 6 (AFP) - President Festus Mogae on Monday said that at least half of the people who die natural deaths in Botswana do so from AIDS-related diseases.

"Our people must accept that we have a considerably large number of HIV- infected people in our community, that we have largely numbers of terminally ill AIDS patients around our people and that probably half if not more of today's natural deaths are caused by HIV/AIDS," he said in a state of the nation address.

According to UNAIDS, the United Nations' AIDS programme, more than one in three adults in Botswana is infected with HIV or has AIDS.

Mogae said he hoped more people would take HIV tests and feel able to discuss a positive result as a way of destigmatising the disease.

"We hope that in time, and perhaps soon enough, the destigmatisation of the HIV/AIDS will enhance free and informative discussion about AIDS, that more volunteers will come forward for HIV testing ... and perhaps we can also begin to accept and publicly acknowledge AIDS deaths."

His government last year announced plans to pass a law compelling HIV carriers to disclose their status to their sex partners.

The president said Botswana's economy was expected to grow by 6.9 percent in the current financial year and employment was expected to rise by 5.3 percent but warned that AIDS threatened to undo development gains.

"We cannot plan our future without accommodating the impact of HIV/AIDS. In the pursuit of noble goals, missions and national vision, we must remember that the fight against HIV/AIDS is a mission to stay alive," Mogae said.

Here is info about Botswana

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/bc.html

 

[Azwed]

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