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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (400819)	4/30/2003 11:21:25 AM
From: Neeka	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

Oh! You mean that anti-Semitic diatribe Ray posted. What Israel has to do with this is unknown. >>> 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.) The US isn't going to let the French/UN tell it how much it will spend on aid to any country, and never has. Perhaps if the various greedy little dictators weren't allowed so much control peace and prosperity could come to the poor nations of the world. But until the people of these regions demand democracy they get what little charity the UN can coerce out of any and everyone. The US is ahead of the curve in regards to the notion that just handing out money year after year hasn't done much of anything but line a few pockets. The status quo must be rejected. The whole mind set needs changing. I say let the French go in and do some housecleaning......at their expense. I'm sick of throwing money at these problems realizing that entire societies need to change. Therefore I support the US position. M The US has pledged $4m to the French-West African peacekeeping mission and denies that it should contribute more. "I think the United States is putting up more than anybody, except probably France," said the US deputy ambassador to the UN, Richard Williamson. news.bbc.co.uk