Digital BW, The Print

That $100 million would have bought a big number of school books in the US or funded more low income housing projects in the US or any number of other humanitarian/social projects.  Despite that, the US has a role to play in the world community...so money goes elsewhere...and rightly so in my opinion.  

The bombs too (in this case) are going "rightly so" in my opinion.  

Now what does that have to do with digitalbw?  Hmm....the world is not just black and white...

the US cannot just turn its back on the world and the starving any more than the US can turn its back on the perpetrators of international terrorism...to each his due.

Thanks for posting Tina. Interesting facts. 

Steadman
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Tina Manley 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2001 4:39 PM
  Subject: Re: [Digital BW] War


  At 02:27 PM 10/7/01 -0700, you wrote:

  >My thoughts go out to those people in Afghanistan who are hungry  and
  >instead of receiving  food get American bombs.
  >
  >Jo Brunenberg
  >The Netherlands


  The United States leads the world in humanitarian aid to the Afghan people 
  with contributions exceeding $100 million in 2000.

  http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/sasia/afghan/fact/06nov00.htm

  U.S. humanitarian assistance to Afghans totals about $124 million so far 
  this fiscal year.  (2001)

  http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/sasia/afghan/fact/17may01.htm


  "As we strike military targets, we will also drop food, medicine and 
  supplies to the starving and suffering men, women and children of 
  Afghanistan," Bush said. "The United States of America is a friend to the 
  Afghan people."  George Bush, today.

  http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/10/07/ret.attack.bush/index.html




  Tina Manley, ASMP
  http://www.tinamanley.com


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