Thing is, I agree, and have stated so, that the US and ALL the other nations should live up to their agreements. That they haven't is shameful...
> I agree to give 10% of my earnings to the church, and make 100 dollars. > I decide to give 7 dollars to the church, and claim that my > contribution is a lot more than anyone else, so why complain well, when the alternative is that you give nothing... > Since it seems to cloud the > issue for you, feel free to remove US from the text and insert your > other rich country of choice in there. See, I have no problem doing this. But it seems that the world press does. So, lets throw "Germany" in there... Nope, not as "newsworthy" as jumping on and thumping the US some more. I'll try "UK" next... > None of this supports the argument that the richest countries of the > world give aid through altruism, or have foreign policy based on > altruism. Didn't say either of those things, and wouldn't, I am not naive enough to believe that the US has altruistic intentions, far from it. Oh, and thanks for avoiding your own contradiction. You know, where you said that the US [and other nations] don't give enough, but throwning money at the problem doesn't help. -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be unacceptable." - Carrie Fisher ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:168909 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
