From: Mark Miloscia (miloscia@sprintmail.com)
Date: Sat Mar 07 1998 - 12:34:37 MST
Michael Lorrey wrote:
> Get it through your head that it isn't something we can do anything about unless the people of
> those countries rise up and get rid of the hoodlums in charge who purposefully create these
> situations.
Am I being thick headed in thinking the the richest, the smartest, the most powerful nations on this
planet, if they worked together on this issue, can do something to mitigate death? I don't thick we
gave it our very best effort, an effort equal to our other best efforts, and it's now better to
concentrate our efforts on other more important issues.
> Hunger in Africa is not about droughts and starving innocent people, its about tyrants
> using well meaning liberal morons as puppets to extort money out of westerners through guilt, while
> at the same time violating the laws of war to fight internal insurgencies.
>
I agree with both you and Jim Peron. Let's not try the failed policies of the past, but let's not
stop trying.
Mark Miloscia
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