I need some help with a number?

[serryjw]

I was ranting about the $280 BILLION +++ spenting so far on Iraq/Afganistan war. How much does the US spend in humanitarian aid to 3rd world countries per year?

[Eric J in MN]

1. about 11 billion in 2002

http://www.cbpp.org/6-18-01bud.htm

[serryjw]

2. Is that pittance

typical against the monstrous $280 BILLION? What good could we have done to humanity with this kinda money? Clean water, basic food,shelter and health care. What a waste, I'm sick.:puke:

[Eric J in MN]

3. It is slighlty less than under Clinton, in inflation-adjusted dollars (nt)

nt

[serryjw]

4. Hey thanks for

my ammunition against thugs!

[theorist]

5. It won't work against them, unless you're trying to anger them.

The way they see it, we wouldn't have had to spend that money if we hadn't been attacked. They don't understand that the vast majority of the world's human population was looking forward to a few decades of relative peace. When they say 9/11 changed everything, that's what they mean: kill as many of "them" as possible, no matter what the cost. The "them" there takes on many different forms, of course.

[serryjw]

6. Weelll why not

Didn't Bushit say 'you are either fo us or against us'...Yes, if I can't get them to understand the stupity of this....PISS THEM OFF!