His wife is an exec. Scheer is a columnist. He doesn't have to tell the truth.
Check the date, this CNN report proves Scheer is lying (his offensive column is dated four days after the CNN report) robertscheer.com
U.S. gives $43 million to Afghanistan
May 18, 2001 Posted: 10:17 AM HKT (0217 GMT)
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By Elise Labott CNN Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON -- Warning that Afghanistan is "on the verge of a widespread famine," Secretary of State Colin Powell Thursday announced a $43 million package in humanitarian assistance for the Afghan people.
Powell also called on other nations to send aid to the Central Asian nation.
"If the international community does not take immediate action, countless deaths and terrible tragedy are certain to follow," Powell said.
The package includes $28 million worth of wheat from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, $5 million in food commodities and $10 million in "livelihood and food security" programs, both from the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Powell called the crisis a "looming catastrophe," and said that he was working with U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan to press upon potential donors the need to respond to the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan "with energy and dispatch." ...
... U.N. to distribute aid
While U.S. officials cited the drought as the major factor for the deepening humanitarian crisis, the members of the delegation said that Afghanistan's ruling Taliban's regime and the security problems it presents, hinders access and contributed to the situation.
The U.N. Security Council imposed sanctions against the Taliban in an effort to pressure the militia to hand over Saudi exile Osama bin Laden, who is accused of bombing two U.S. embassies in Africa. Humanitarian aid is allowed.
Powell said the U.S. aid is administered by the United Nations and non-governmental organizations, and bypasses the Taliban, "who have done little to alleviate the suffering of the Afghan people, and indeed have done much to exacerbate it." ...
asia.cnn.com
Scheer is renown for not telling the truth. It was not "gift of $43 million to the Taliban rulers of Afghanistan," nor "makes the U.S. the main sponsor of the Taliban and rewards that 'rogue regime' for declaring that opium growing is against the will of God."
It would be a compliment to call Scheer a liar. He's bigger than that, almost Clintonian. That's why he appeals to Dems, socialists and communists. |
