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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: Neeka who wrote (400718)4/30/2003 1:04:16 AM
From: DuckTapeSunroof  Read Replies (1) of 769667
 
Re: "I want my government to be lean and mean at this point."

>>> Agreed.

"There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that when one terrorist organization or another gets hold of a dirty bomb or otherwise they will attempt to destroy my people and my country."

>>> Certainly a real threat. (I'd suggest that we start budgeting a little to port security... since that's the most likely way to get a bomb in - and it leaves no evidence of it's origin... unlike a missile launch, who's launch site is instantly detected. A little spent on chemical plant security would be prudent, since there are over 150 sites in metropolitan areas, which if attacked with as little as pipe bombs... could each kill hundreds of thousands. ...No real need to smuggle anything chemical, since so much is on hand and under 'minimal' security.)

"This question you asked earlier made me think of a few question I'd like you to answer."

"1. How much money does the US and Americans.....including private donations.....spend every year on International charity?"

>>> I don't know... but I see someone else has responded to you with the numbers. (I do know that, measured against percentages of GDP given by other developed nations, we are near the bottom in recent decades.)

>>> Historically though, the vast majority of world-wide 'foreign aid' for most every giver has had as one of it's main goals the expansion of that county's foreign markets. (But when cash was given... most was directly wasted.)

"2. Would you please provide a link that corroborates your claims that the US has blocked a plan to send U.N. peacekeepers to the Ivory Coast?"

>>> Since the UN vote was public, that info should be easily available. Got Google?
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