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I didn't make any of those statements.
I think you overestimate the use of foreign aid quite a bit.
Thread's don't revolve around me, but they usually work in a linear fashion. I'm sorry that me asking what the relevance of your post was in the current state of the discussion was my overwhelming ego spinning out of control.
But, we'll just pick it up from here..
The origional point of the thread was that Europe doesn't do as much as the United States, and is therefore in favor of appeasment.
I argue that the United States really doesn't do all that much either. I listed situations which they basicaly ignored (along with Europe) which far outnumber any situation they intervened in.
If you want to say that the US contribues a lot in foreign aid, then you are partily correct. They are by far the largest gross contributer, but they are not when you break it up by GDP or by population. They are also far outpaced by private donations.
Either way, you can say that the United States uses foreign aid and it's military more than Europe, but by no means is that completely accurate, and by no means does that not mean that the United States is guilty of just as much appeasment as Europe.
I didn't make any of those statements.
Ok, so then the only thing you are saying is that the US gives foreign aid? What was your point?
I was providing numbers to the first arguements of the thread. Also, I reinforcing the fact that the US does use foreign aid as a policy tool.
yes, the US does use foreign aid as a tool, I can't dispute that.
But well, it's a pretty small tool.
It's like if you put my on Shaq. Sure it's big, but on Shaq it looks small.
No, it's like putting your in a guys ass. Sure, it looks great to the gay community, but you're not going to make any babies.
Please stop making such associations Manny. I do not need those visuals. My Shaq analogy stands.
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