Brian, sorry, but your facts are not facts.
We did not supply Bin Laden and his group with weaponry. Bin Laden was born to wealth. He grew up in Saudi Arabia in a life of pleasure and money, where women are treated similar to slaves.
The U.S. did supply some weaponry to the people of Afghanistan in order to help them fight their war against the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union invaded their nation on XMAS eve for no reason other than to steal land. Along with geographically positioning themselves near the mid-east oil reserves. Had they not been mired down in a costly conflict, they may have continued to move their armies across the Mid-East and controlled the vast oil reserves of the world.
Additionally, that costly war potentially created the environment around which the military hawks in the Soviet Union lost face, lost influence, and lost much of their power. Which directly led to a new leader emerging. A leader who brought down the Berlin Wall and opened their nation up to democracy.
The U.S. helped the people of Afghanistan ward off an invading force. It was a noble cause. Unfortunately, the nation has been mired in a civil war ever since. bin Laden, instead of using his inherited wealth to build roads, schools and hospitals in Afghanistan, has used his wealth to create a network of terror and hatred toward the United States, and anyone opposed to his views. My conjecture is that he dreamed of one day building a Taliban army large enough to threaten the Saudi Monarchy.
You're right, 35,000 rations a day is not enough. We probably should do more. It is however, better than not doing anything at all. And is an unprecedented demonstration of humanity, during a time of war, by a great power who has been attacked.
I've pointed out to you before, the issue of a millions of people starving is simply a gloom-and-doom assumption at this point. The best thing we can hope for is a rapid end to the conflict, so we can help feed the displaced people.
Now that I've demonstrated how your facts are anything but facts, when opened for examination. Let me see if you will answer any of the questions I've posed in the past.
1. Since all killing is wrong, was it wrong of the allies to kill Hitler's war machine and free thousands of people from concentration camps?
2. Since all killing is wrong, should we simply disband our military and not defend America if an invading army attacks us? |
