Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC
On Tue, Jan 27, 2004 at 02:54:45AM +0100, David Jardine wrote:
> I don't know about the world's needy, but I do remember (well,
> perhaps not too accurately, perhaps :)) reading some years ago
> that 48 per cent of what was called "US foreign aid" was accounted
> for by what had to be paid to Israel and Egypt to keep them from
> each other's throats.
Sure, but does the 12.9 billion figure include the defense
expenditures for keeping the Bosnians and Albanians safe from their
Christian tormentors?
For that matter, why is buying peace not a valid use of foreign aid?
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