(speaking sarcastically) I am ashamed of you! With all these media people watching our every move, you think that the US would do something just to get a pat on the back?
sorry, couldn't resist.
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well the U.S and their *****es r sending aid after 3 weeks of not,and they sent 400 tonnes when the afghan people need 580,000 tonees to avoid mass starvation,and when the war kicks in like hell the aid will get through,maybe they can send food tied to the noses of cruise missiles
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(speaking sarcastically) I am ashamed of you! With all these media people watching our every move, you think that the US would do something just to get a pat on the back?
sorry, couldn't resist.
Ask not what your country can do for you, or what you can do for your country. Ask what you can do for one another.
The U.S. has been sending more food aid than any other country since before the Sept. 11 attacks.
I don't doubt that. If the US really wants to make a grand gesture they can send food and clean water to Iraq.
Ask not what your country can do for you, or what you can do for your country. Ask what you can do for one another.
actually i've heard that compared to the countries' economy and wealth, the u.s. is not no.1 in humanitarian aide. i don't know how true that is though...
\"One murder makes a villain...millions a hero. Numbers sanctify, my friend.\" -Charlie Chaplin
But you must remember PCE that Americans don't tend to look at things comparitively when being compared to what other cultures are doing. We send over a 1/10000th of our ability in AID and it may equal 100,000 tons. Another country sends over 100 percent of what they can and it may only be 1000 tons. We of course are better because we sacrificed more. Just ask any of these Republican pin-heads.
And for Reagan Lives- Please think about this. If you want to listen to and use a comedian as an intellectual. Try using an intellectual comedian. Try George Carlin. He may be an a**hole but he is very intelligent.
Ask not what your country can do for you, or what you can do for your country. Ask what you can do for one another.
I see, so if the U.S. isn't #1 in sending food aid, then they're heartless a**holes. They have to send the MOST aid, relatively or outright, otherwise their help isn't worthwile or genuine. Meantime, other countries, that haven't sent sh*t, get a free pass from your criticism because the U.S. hasn't sent the MOST. That's a pretty fair standard of judgement. It doesn't make it look like your objective reasoning is biased AT ALL. You have the same standard for all, hmm? How about the wealthy Arab countries like Saudi Arabia. What have they sent? According to the people on this board, the U.S. is worthy of much criticism. Feeble attempts to bash the U.S. for something good it attempts to do does not strengthen your arguments against it. Pick the fights you can win.
ou seem to have a serious problem understanding what I saiy so let me explain. If each country that sent aid sent the same percentage based on their available resources it would be more meaningful. Is that a little more clear for you? Need I go farther? I thought it was pretty self-explainatory the first time.
Ask not what your country can do for you, or what you can do for your country. Ask what you can do for one another.
Lets remember who sponsored Thalibs when they fought with Soviet Union
new Russia don't want to help Cuba,this sucks
Viva la Republica de Cuba!
Viva Union de Republica sovieticas Socialistas!!!
I don't care the how much they sent or how but man, was that propaganda or not?
I saw on primetime CNN Pakistani people carrying bags of wheat with a big fucking USA in color printed on them. They walked and smile generously to the camera.
Fuck Nike or GAP, the new cool brand is USA.
USA! USA! USA!
Paaaah... more flag waving and usa chants...
But yea we are dropping food and bombs today in Afghanistain... but when they talk about bombs they say it's limited strikes... just fifty missles or whatever... but then they talk about air dropping food... they just say, " We're air dropping food"! Please... think for yourself!
In Solidarity,
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>... but when they talk about bombs they say it's limited strikes... >just fifty missles or whatever... but then they talk about air >dropping food... they just say, " We're air dropping food"! >Please... think for yourself!
Say what?
The U.S. is implementing a $320,000,000 food aid package, on top of the aid they've always given Afghanistan. The strikes are intended for military targets and the system that supports the terrorists, in retaliation and to prevent further terrorist attacks. The terrorist network slaughtered over 6,000 civilians. What exactly is the problem?
I'm hearing from the news and madmax that we are hitting military targets but I'm reading here that we are hitting civillian targets...... which is right?
This thread just seems to be revealing the anti-US sentiment of the forum. It appears that in your eyes america can do no right. Ofcourse you are entitled to your own opinions, but if that is the case rather than deny the charges when they are brought up people should just fess up. It seems that even when we explicitly try to help (I say explicitly because we are always implicitly helping) your cynicism doesn't allow you to see the good intentions.
Che Guevara wannabe
The normal way to pass judgement -
Step 1: observe action
Step 2: analyze action
Step 3: make conclusion
Step 4: pass judgement
The way many on this forum pass judgement -
Step 1: make conclusion
Step 2: observe action
Step 3: interpret action to fit conclusion already made in step 1.
Step 4: pass judgement.
The food we are dropping are daily ration packs. Vegetarian packs. I don't know how many here have ever used those rations, but they are not that filling. And it would take a hell of a lot of them to make a difference. Most of the people in the outskirts of Afghanistan don't even know what the world Trade Center was, much less that it was attacked. All they know is that the US is suddenly dropping bombs and shooting missiles on them. What do you think that is going to make them feel? Food and bombs? Come on. And as for your comment about judgement, it sounds like you are pretty good in that department yourself. You are judging the people on this board and haven't been here long enough to know what your talking about. Yes, some are anti-american. They have a history of reasons to back that up. They have a right. Others are anti-capitalism. They have that right. As for myself. I am 1/4 Mohawk/Cherokee. I think I have a damn good reason to be pissed off at this government. Not to mention the above stated reasons.
(Edited by ViktorPravda at 2:43 pm on Oct. 8, 2001)
Ask not what your country can do for you, or what you can do for your country. Ask what you can do for one another.
Oh yeah,they failed to mention that not only is the US not really supplying the afgans enough and also choosing the least effective way (trucks are more effective than planes) but doesnt anyone know that afganistan is pretty much covered with landmines? And guess where they are dropping the aid,in areas saturated with land mines, talk about "retaliation" heh
Che Guevara wannabe
that's typical of almost anyone. i'm sure canada does the same thing with thier relief aid.
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the problem is that revenge is not the solution. yes what was done to the wtc was absolutely horrific and I definately feel the direct result of it up here in canada's capital. however, why the us is targeting military targets inevitably there will be civilian casualities (i posted a thing about international humanitarian law and military tactics somewhere in this forum which explains what i mean). anyway i digress. the loss of more innocent civilians (and yes many afghanistans are innocent) is not the way to go about remembering those that died in the WTC attacks.
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