On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 12:32:41AM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 03:35:57PM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > the US is arguably one of the most prosperous nations in the world. I > > think that it is right for us to render humanitarian aid to other > > nations when we can. This is generally done through deployments of the > > military (Somalia, Honduras, Indonesia, etc). > > I find it difficult to see that: > "deployment of the military" = "rendering humanitarian aid" > Considering that humanitarian often takes the form of on government pledging support to another government and their people, the military is the *best*, if not the only way of accomplishing that. I'd be interested to know if you have a recommendation for the US government (I am not talking about Red Cross or other NGOs) can deliver humanitarian aid around the world without involving the military. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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