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Old 01-16-2011, 23:50   #15
Sigaba
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Originally Posted by Brush Okie View Post
In the 70's we spend millions if not billions saving the starving people of Africa. What Happened? Popultion explosion because of the delivered food and in the end more people died than if we would have left them alone becuse instead of lessons learned they just kept on making babies until the lnd could not support the population in its best years. Should we let people die? What is the answer? I am not sure, but I know spending borrowed money on a foreign nation that does not learn its lesson and change its way of doing business is NOT the Answer. Politicans and well meaning people will not turn down video's of starving children. Perhaps this gentlemn has the answer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN7ehccspao
By this logic, the US should not have backed the reconstruction of Europe after the Second World War.
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