29 Dec 04
Originally posted by STANGIraq is part of a broader strategy to bring freedom to a region that in the past has been condemned to tyranny and violence where those with little hope for a better future provided terrorist groups a deep pool from which to draw recruits and to attack free people across the globe.
America, as a supposedly intelligent nation, should have seen the tens of thousands of Iraqi deaths coming but proceeded anyway. Why ?
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29 Dec 04
Originally posted by wolfbynyteYou don't really believe that crap do ya?
Iraq is part of a broader strategy to bring freedom to a region that in the past has been condemned to tyranny and violence where those with little hope for a better future provided terrorist groups a deep pool from which to draw recruits and to attack free people across the globe.
29 Dec 04
America can spare billions of dollars to supposedly "free Iraq" (whilst killing tens of thousands of them) but spares far less than $100M to help the tsunami victims.
America, as one of the richest nations on earth, also gives far less per capita in aid elsewhere.
Happy New Year America !!!
29 Dec 04
Originally posted by STANGU.S.A has long hands!!! question:why??? the politic of iraq must be developed on iraqin people its not wright to do foreign job!!!
America, as a supposedly intelligent nation, should have seen the tens of thousands of Iraqi deaths coming but proceeded anyway. Why ?
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30 Dec 04
Originally posted by STANGWhy should we give any aid to anybody? When was the last time we received aid from any of you? When was the last time we even received a thank you from any of you?
America can spare billions of dollars to supposedly "free Iraq" (whilst killing tens of thousands of them) but spares far less than $100M to help the tsunami victims.
America, as one of the richest nations on earth, also gives far less per capita in aid elsewhere.
Happy New Year America !!!
30 Dec 04
Originally posted by STANGBelow is some food for thought, STANG. America is the most generous country on earth in terms of giving financially. According to the article below your statement is full of $hit, just like you are. You see, your statistics don't take into account donations by private US citizens, which counters your ridiculous assertion. Citizens in socialist Europe, and possibly Australia, expect their governments to take care of donations as with everything else, but the US donates both governmentally and privately...so, take your statement about the US not donating to the world aid fund and stick up your @$$....oh, Happy New Year to you too.
America can spare billions of dollars to supposedly "free Iraq" (whilst killing tens of thousands of them) but spares far less than $100M to help the tsunami victims.
America, as one of the richest nations on earth, also gives far less per capita in aid elsewhere.
Happy New Year America !!!
As of early yesterday, dozens of countries and relief groups had pledged $81 million in help for South and East Asia, said the Geneva-based U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Natsios said, "The notion that the United States is not generous is simply not true, factually."
But measuring the generosity of the United States depends on the yardstick.
The U.S. government is always near the top in total humanitarian aid dollars - even before private donations are counted - but it finishes near the bottom of the list of rich countries when that money is compared to gross national product.
Such figures were what prompted Jan Egeland - the United Nations’ emergency relief coordinator and former head of the Norwegian Red Cross - to challenge the giving of rich nations.
"We were more generous when we were less rich, many of the rich countries," Egeland said. "And it is beyond me, why are we so stingy, really. ... Even Christmas time should remind many Western countries at least how rich we have become."
Egeland told reporters yesterday his complaint wasn’t directed at any nation in particular.
Secretary of State Colin Powell clearly was annoyed while making the rounds of the morning television news shows. He said he wished Egeland hadn’t made the comment and reaffirmed that the Bush administration will follow up with additional assistance.
Powell said it remains to be determined what the eventual U.S. contribution will be but that he agrees with estimates that the total international aid effort "will run into the billions of dollars."
The White House also defended the U.S. record of giving. "We outmatch the contributions of other nations combined; we’ll continue to do so," Bush spokesman Trent Duffy told reporters in Crawford, Texas, where the president is spending a post-Christmas vacation at his ranch.
Natsios was quick to point out yesterday that foreign assistance for development and emergency relief rose from $10 billion in President Bill Clinton’s last year to $24 billion under President George W. Bush in 2003. Powell said assistance for this week’s earthquake and tsunamis alone eventually will exceed $1 billion.
The United States uses the most common measure of the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, a group of 30 rich nations that counts development aid.
By that measure, the United States spent almost $15.8 billion for "official development assistance" to developing countries in 2003. Next closest was Japan, at $8.9 billion.
That doesn’t include billions more the United States spends in other areas, such as AIDS and HIV programs and other U.N. assistance.
Measured another way, as a percentage of gross national product, the OECD’s figures on development aid show that, as of April, none of the world’s richest countries donated even 1 percent of its gross national product. Norway was highest, at 0.92 percent; the United States was last, at 0.14 percent.
Natsios said the Paris organization’s figures overlook a key factor - the billions more Americans give each year in private donations.
"That’s a European standard, this percentage that’s used," Natsios said. "The United States, for 40 years, has never accepted these standards that it should be based on the gross national product. We base it on the actual dollars that we spent."
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30 Dec 04
Originally posted by DelmerThe US has always given aid and never got a red cent back. Hell Indonesia is prosperous as Thailand.
Why should we give any aid to anybody? When was the last time we received aid from any of you? When was the last time we even received a thank you from any of you?
30 Dec 04
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Originally posted by STANGWhile the government of America might be giving less than 100M, have you checked to see what corporate and private America are giving? Or do you just what to continue with your garbage and spam? The company that I work for has pledged 500 thousand to the relief aid and I have given through various charities. So why don't you just STFU, I for one am tired of you and Mateulose
America can spare billions of dollars to supposedly "free Iraq" (whilst killing tens of thousands of them) but spares far less than $100M to help the tsunami victims.
America, as one of the richest nations on earth, also gives far less per capita in aid elsewhere.
Happy New Year America !!!