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Thursday, August 11, 2005
Starvation in Africa
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ur compassionate, conservative president used phony information about Niger selling yellowcake uranium to Iraq as part of his justification for the current war on the hapless Iraqi people.
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ens of thousands of malnourished children in Niger today face death from starvation. In March, an appeal to the world for $16 million in food aid for Niger resulted in $1 million in contributions. We are currently spending, conservatively, $4 billion a month in Iraq. That comes to about $133 million a day. Or about $5.5 million per hour. Therefore, devoting roughly two hours of Iraqi war spending could have possibly avoided the impending starvation epidemic in Niger. I guess preventing starvation in Africa doesn't get you too many votes from America's heartland.
Posted by fm on August 11, 2005 at 09:36 AM