Posted by alexandra_k on September 7, 2005, at 20:05:05
In reply to Re: will anyone help? » gromit, posted by alexandra_k on September 7, 2005, at 19:54:28
ah and this does get confusing...
moral entitlement and obligation etc etc...
strictly at the level of government / the people running the country...
i guess i just take issue with their choosing to spend an awful lot of money on invading another country...
and the result being that they have to accept aid from foreign countries to fulfill their moral obligations to their own citizens.
but i think they see that...
which is why they were initially reluctant to accept foreign aid.
because it does make them look bad.
and a point that someone else said earlier over on social...terrorists attack in america (9/11)
so what does the american govt. decide to do in response???
send most of the troops overseas to go invade another country...
leaving america wide open to attacknot so smart...
not so smart.war is such a horrible waste of money.
nick found some source that if the war continues for 4 years it will have cost america
(and thats your tax money)
1.4 trillion dollars.
at one point when there was a lot of bombing going on...
office mate tells me it cost america
(and thats your tax money)
1 million dollars per day.and there are people in america living in tenements
living on the streets
walking through metal detectors on their way into schoolimagine what 1.4 trillion dollars...
1 million dollars per day could do for the quality of life of american citizens.but of course i'm preaching to the converted ;-)
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