Funny, you know those people who are starving in the desert? Maybe it's
because they're living in the freakin' desert! Bad water, no water? Is
this the result of US foreign policy? No, this is how things were and
probably have been for a long time. Should the US help? Yes. Has the
US helped? A truckload more than many other countries.
Warren Bell wrote:
> Asa Dotzler wrote:
>
>>Warren Bell wrote:
>>
>><snip>
>>
>>>There is hunger and starvation around the world. Although that's sad,
>>>we did not cause it.
>>>
>>I am in not interested in the discussion of recent terrorist activities
>>but I am curious if you're really sure that the United States has never
>>engaged in activity that directly contributed to mass starvation? You've
>>studied the history of US international policy and you can say with
>>confidence that the United States hasn't caused starvation deaths in
>>other countries? What about here in the United States? Your knowledge of
>>US domestic policy is sufficient to state as fact that those policies
>>have never been the cause of starvation of US citizens?
>>
>>I'm just curious.
>>
>>--Asa
>>
>
> No, I can't say all that for a fact. But I can take a good guess that
> the starvation around the world the original poster was talking about is
> not our doing, through any type of politics. There's a lot of poverty
> around the world, sorry to say, that's not our doing or responsibility.
>
> Why is it that when we (the US) decides to spend _our_ money on _our_
> problem other people feel the need to bitch and moan about us not
> bailing out someone elses government?
>
