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From: | Pierce T . Wetter III |
Subject: | Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [OT] facism gaining ground in US |
Date: | Mon, 12 Jul 2004 16:18:44 -0700 |
On Jul 12, 2004, at 7:03 PM, Samium Gromoff wrote:
Pierce T.Wetter III wrote:You didn't read everything I wrote, I specifically said it would be ok to spend money on aid instead of the military. The US spends a lot of money as a % of GDP on the combination of military power and foreign aid. Several countries in Europe don't even match our spending on foreign aid. However, I specifically said that if Europe doesn't want to spend it on guns, then they should actually spend it on aid. Europe in general spends a lot less as a % of GDP then the US does on foreign aid.Um. Does the _massive_ amount of money poured into support of US-friendly regimes in foreign countries count as "foreign aid"?
Sure, that's how we think of it. I don't think you realize how fundamentally isolationist Americans tend to be. Why bother sending money to some crook in some other country when you could be spending it in the US, or at least on a US crook? (fundamental American belief, all politicians in all countries are crooks) The US also sends aid to non US-friendly nations too, we sent aid to Iran after the recent earthquake.
So did Russia if I remember correctly.
Think of Israel.
What about Israel? You're writing from a .ru domain, and you're complaining about money sent to some country in the Middle East? At least Israel is at least trying to be a democracy.
Pierce
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