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Yeah, i was thinking about this whole situation the other day, the "war on terror" which up to this point has been fairly unsuccessful, even by most republican's standards has cost something over $350 billion, while Bush seems unwilling to give even 700 million to an entire continent.
Charlatan brings up a very salient point, that whoever gives money/abolishes debt needs to be aware of where exactly the money goes, and frankly I think that having some US or UN oversight to ensure that the money is properly allocated would be a good thing.
Stepping outside the "building goodwill" political arena for a second, many of these countries desperately need assistance and regardless of the politics helping them just seems to be the right thing to do (IMHO).
I hope that the rest of Europe also steps in with aid (like Belgium, for instance, since they nearly destroyed Rwanda).
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