Gervase Markham wrote:
>> Because the problems that cause hunger, disease and poverty are more
>> political
>> in nature
>
> Terrorism is a political problem.
Really? Wow, I did not know that.
>
>> and for us (the USA) to fix them would require us to depose the
>> governments.
>
> You're on track to depose the government of Afghanistan....
You must know something that I do not know.
>
> And it's simply not true to claim that these countries are poor simply
> because of corrupt government.
Of course not. They do not produce any products that the global economy
wants and will pay for. Thay is why they are poor. A corrupt government
will not help the process either....
>
>> When we sent tons and tons of food to Ethopia, it just rotted
>> on the docs beacuse the country did not have the infrastructure to
>> move the
>> food to the people that needed it.
>
> Then perhaps that should cause the US to wonder whether sending tons of
> food is the correct approach to aiding these countries. Perhaps buying
> their produce might be a good start. :-)
If they produced something worth buying then it would be bought.
--
Kent
"For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter
under heaven: ... a time to love, and a time to hate; a time
for war, and a time for peace."
-- Ecclesiastes 3:1,8
