TotteryManx
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That's really nice, but it doesn't disprove that we have a "scratch our backs and we'll scratch yours" mentality for war. There is always something to gain from lending a helping hand during war time.
That's really nice, but it doesn't disprove that we have a "scratch our backs and we'll scratch yours" mentality for war. There is always something to gain from lending a helping hand during war time.
But it does prove that every instance of aid isn't just some tactic to get resources in return and that foreign aid can be, and therefore governments can take, legitimately altruistic acts. They say that Bush's program saved 1 million African lives, and I'm sure the vast majority of the world has no idea it even existed. Sure was profitable for him.
I think the NRA has 4 or 5 million members, which is a lot, but clearly not enough people agree to the point everyone is up in arms about it. I don't care if someone wants to own a gun, but there should be a strict policy for acquiring one.
Sadly, I wasn't aware he did that so long ago and I'm a U.S. citizen. I do know he is still doing charitable work in Africa to this day, but I wasn't aware of what he did in the past. Also, when I originally said "aid" I was more so referring to getting involved in other countries conflicts and wars. I responding to Scoots post that mentioned, "getting involved in other countries shit," or something like that, but that was really nice of Bushy to do.
Yea I went back and corrected my sentences because I realized you were led to believe one thing when I meant another. He says more than foreign aid in his post. The word "aid" can be used in different contexts.
Ok good. Then at least I may have enlightened some of the cynics on this board who refuse to see anything other than the negative actions that they interpret the US to be taking. Even the president who they no doubt despise, can be seen, with the funding of the US Congress, saving millions of lives in Africa, for essentially nothing in return. So much for naked self-interest.
Tell me about it bruh. Saw some really nasty Pro-Israel stuff on twitter after the Massaacre at Gaza.
Yeahhhhhhhhhhh sorry bout that i did a poor job of explaining it. Look, i just want people to realize that what goes on in the west isnt how things are done in other parts of the globe (for the sake of this discussion, the middle east). Things like sharia law dont exist in america and we dont have fights over religion like the shias and sunnis do (at least not anymore and for not as long). I guess i did a bad job of articulating it but what im trying to say is that different people in different places have different experiences and thats the basis of their perception on the world and what goes on around them
I saw this one picture someone posted on Facebook and it was a little girl from Palestine with half her face blown off :/
Weird how people see things like that and think," Yeah, Israel are totally the good guys here."
Dab is forever
I don't know man. I could see Jihadists vs Mexican Drug Cartels as a 5 - 5 matchup.I'm sure I'd still rather go some place else
The thing is, no one is going to step in. There's no country in that region that is ready or willing to stand up to Israel.
