Originally posted by AThousandYoung
Here is what I suggest.

Dispatch a US Marine expeditionary unit to the region. Take military control of a port, and start handing out all those MREs they have stored - but only for immediate consumption at the dock. Use the ship's purifier to provide water for personal consumption. Print money to pay the troops involved.

What prevents a water ...[text shortened]... to the region? Can that be built?

Also, dig resevoirs. And, hand out solar water purifiers.

Originally posted by wittywonka
Whatever works.

Now, just write your Congressmen and hope for the best.

This is a PERFECT opportunity for China to send their new fancy hospital ship for - right at the end of the String of Pearls.

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
Not our problem.

Originally posted by Kunsoo
I disagree. It's not just the moral question, though I do believe the whole world has a responsibility to mitigate suffering on this level. What happens in other countries do impact us economically.

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
Meddling in countries halfway around the world for economic advantage is dangerous.

Should we expect all the other nations to be doing this sort of thing? What if they don't?