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Originally Posted by zen_tom
I think this statement is one of the most sensible and usefull ones I've heard all year - and shows Colin Powell to be an intelligent and measured statesman.
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amen...there's a very basic reason for aid, like Shani is talking about, simply recognizing need and addressing it with out thought to ulterior motive. orwell has some fascinating work on this, discussing how the only remedy to moral corruption and violence is to recognize the humane course of action in everyday situations, with out theory or motive.
but coldly analysed, there is still a reason to do it, and that is that poverty and instability breeds chaos.