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lurkette · 12-29-2004, 07:56 AM

CNN is now putting the death toll at 80,000...the numbers are just staggering.

I do wish that we were offering more aid - $35 million seems like an insulting drop in the bucket (particularly considering the hundreds of BILLIONS of dollars we are throwing at the war in Iraq, supposedly in response to the deaths of 3,000 people). These regions are going to be horribly destablized in the short term, and it will take years if not decades to recover. If nothing else, it would be politically wise of us to re-stablize these (heavily Muslim) areas and do everything we can to help.

12-29-2004, 07:56 AM	#72 (permalink)
lurkette My future is coming on Moderator Emeritus Location: east of the sun and west of the moon	CNN is now putting the death toll at 80,000...the numbers are just staggering. I do wish that we were offering more aid - $35 million seems like an insulting drop in the bucket (particularly considering the hundreds of BILLIONS of dollars we are throwing at the war in Iraq, supposedly in response to the deaths of 3,000 people). These regions are going to be horribly destablized in the short term, and it will take years if not decades to recover. If nothing else, it would be politically wise of us to re-stablize these (heavily Muslim) areas and do everything we can to help. __________________ "If ten million people believe a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing." - Anatole France