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To: bela_ghoulashi who wrote (5257)	10/15/2001 1:44:40 PM
From: Win Smith	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

You've got your own little thread for dealing with stuff like that. The French are the French, they all like to think they're still the center of the world. Having long experience with what was considered acceptable "debate" on SI during the Kosovo operation, I find that particular criticism of US action rather mild. Picking out an unattributed news snippet from a generally pro-US SI post is a stretch at any rate. There is this problem of the well-publicized dropping of 37000 1-day rations on a country where millions are on the verge of starvation. Arithmetically speaking, it looks weak. Weary Afghans Flee Bombs, Hunger and the Taliban Draft nytimes.com However inexpensive the bribe, there are Afghans who cannot afford to pay. In fact, by the arithmetic of the United Nations, there will soon be 7.5 million Afghans in acute need of even a loaf of bread. The World Food Program has set a target of delivering 52,000 tons of wheat per month into Afghanistan. But with bombs falling, fewer trucks are entering. This past week, only 6,000 tons were sent, a dangerous shortfall. "We're racing against the clock to get enough food through the various corridors before the winter, which will make some parts of Afghanistan inaccessible by road," said Michael Huggins, a spokesman for the World Food Program.