Text 7177, 28 rader
Skriven 2005-01-08 08:15:55 av Ed Connell (1:379/1.6)
   Kommentar till text 7171 av RICHARD JOHNSON (1:10/345)
Ärende: Re: Tsunami Disaster Reli 1/2
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Hey, RICHARD.

 RJ> -> LL>GB>So are you suggesting then since the US military
 RJ> -> LL>GB>is not part of US foreign aid they should stop
 RJ> -> LL>GB>immediately?
 RJ> ->
 RJ> -> LL>The Congress appropriates funds for selective purposes,
 RJ> -> LL>such as foreign aid.  The military is not foreign aid,
 RJ> -> LL>although the military can be used in providing disaster
 RJ> -> LL>relief.
 RJ> ->
 RJ> -> If you find it necessary to keep score of things like this,
 RJ> -> it seems to me, when the military is used in providing disaster
 RJ> -> relief, the  associated cost should be added in as part of the
 RJ> -> money spent on relief.  I think to do otherwise is less than honest.

 RJ> Are you implying that were it not for the disaster relief duties, the
 RJ> military would not be using any federal funds?  Face facts Mr. Massey,
 RJ> the military is funded regardless of what they are doing, whether they
 RJ> are assisting in a humanitarian effort or dying for a lie in Iraq.  Any
 RJ> mental exercise to imply otherwise is where the lack of honesty comes
 RJ> in.

Your loaded arguments are a crock, but the real question is, why is it 
important to you to make the United States look bad? 

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