"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:8Ej6c.35875$po.318662@attbi_s52...
But if you are so caritative that you want to help the world, what
about sending AIDS drugs and food to Africa? It would be much cheaper
and it would help many more people without killing anyone. So tell me,
why is the US not doing this? I'll tell you: because it isn't in the
interest of the US economic powers (read defense, oil, and
reconstruction bussinesses).

Guess again. The Bush Administration has proposed increasing aid to Africa
several times. This proposal has been met with overwhelming apathy by
Congress and the American electorate -- with good reason, IMHO.

The reason we don't excited about helping Africa anymore is because they
seem to have no interest in helping themselves.

In a very real sense, and in the eyes of many Americans, the Somali warlords
of Mogadishu sealed that continent's fate.

Is that so? Why, then, are the brave american soldiers not fighting these warlords?