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SteelofUtah -> RE: Somali Pirates vow to go after American ships, kill Sailors. (4/16/2009 8:05:17 AM)
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It is very easy to say, Think of the Children. So easy that it is this phrase that tugs at the heart strings of humanity.
Foreign Aide doesn't really work that way. In Fact Most of the food that the children see doesn't come from Foreign Aide it comes from Independent Charities that I do support. I support the Churches that build the MAJORITY of schools in the actual villages where it is needed the most. The Majority of Foreign Aide to these countries goes into the cities whish isn't where the famine is the worst.
Most PRIVATE Charity Aide work is what you see when there is foor AirVac'd to an Area. In fact there was a big issue with a commercial used by the United Way where they showed Soldiers Delivering Massive pallets of food to an Ethiopian Area because NONE of the food was given by the goverment, bue to Gurilla (SP?) actitivities it was necessary to use Millitary Escort to make sure the shipment wasn't Taken from the village in route.
It is Speculated that only 60% of the food remains in the villages due to Piracy and Gurilla activities. It is only a speculation because there is no real "Governmental support" to report back on what is helping and what is not.
There is NO Public Report on How Foreign Aide is Spent and the information that we do have cannot be guartanteed because the countries that receive the aide are not required to give any form of expence report. Not that I could research anyway so I may be wrong on this, and if I am I conceed the notion.
As for Starving Children, I will do what I can to feed the ones I can, and I choose the ones I support carefully. I do not Support the Salvation Army with Money because on average only 11 cents of every dollar make it to those who actually need the money, I will support their thrift stores and will buy from there thrift stores because the majority of the "Employees" are needy and if I give clothes or Blankets if they are in good enough conditon there is a 50/50 shot that someone in need will get them at a discounted price or someone being helped by the SA will get them for free.
I Support the March of Dimes because they are responsible for my existence had they not saved my Grandmothers Life She would have died at 16. I know that what they do SAVES people.
I Support any company that does like that Shoe Company does. Where for every pair of shoes that you buy a pair is Given to someone in a Third World Country. These kinds of things I will support, Yes I know there are children in America that need shoes too, I needed a pair of shoes and because I bought them from this company someone in a third world got a pair too, If I bought a Pair of shoes for the American Child another child would get a pair of shoes. I like that idea.
When it comes to Foreign Aide I get annoyed when people say "Think of the Children" It tells me you really don't understand how Foreign Aide works because we rely on their "Goverment" to Dole out the Duckets and if a country where that many people suffer while govermental heads dress in Armani and Drive Esclades I ask you how much that goverment actually cares about those who are suffering?
I am Against any Foreign Aide to a Country that allows those who pose a Threat to an American Citizen to go un-punished. I believe that should their "Goverment" decide to state that anyone caught in the practice of Piracy will be excecuted if a life was taken or imprisoned if illegal means were used by the goverment showing these Pirates that they would have no Asylum it would stop. If they are not willing to do that I do not see why we would continue to send their Goverment Money.
And Before anyone gets antsy, Africa has been accused of allowing Foreign Aide to support War Lords by the ammount of medicine "Stolen" by them, and with it happeing so offten it just doesn't seem like any attempt to stop the practice is being made. Because of this Foreign Aide Supports War Lords, Gun Trades, and Murder by the fact that they benifit from the Aide.
Also Foreign Aide IS NOT CHARITY!! It is a Diplomatic Agreement, one that can be Terminated if the receiving country doesn't meet with it's agreements, and for YEARS Foreign Goverments have tried to take Credit for schools and Church Buildings which receive a Social Services Label and Schools which were built by Missionarys and use it as part of what the foreign aide was used for.
I feel we should only help those who support us. And YES this is an Either/or. Either you are an Allie or you do not deserve what you receive from us.
We are in Serious Debt and yet we give money.... LOTS of money to countries that won't take action against a group of people who are not apparently Targeting AMERICAN Vessles.
I just don't get it, My Philantrophy (SP?) only goes so far.
Steel
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