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Originally posted by Chewbacca:
Since I get the feeling few people actually read up on the issue before posting, here is a different article on the topic with some more facts:
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/02/in...partner=GOOGLE
It appears that 90 countries have signed on to this court of law and big rich countries are generally exempt from losing the aid they recieve from the U.S. if they did.
Only the poor countries we could try to extort to see it our way are effected. Is that what being fair, flexible and equitable is all about?
This kind of so-called "diplomacy" would have Benjamin Franklin rolling over in his grave, IMO. So much for creative foriegn policy, compromise, and humility.
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That still does not change the fact that the giver of aid has the right to decide to whom, and what conditions they (reciever) must meet in order to get the aid.
Now if anybody wishes to change the rules of life, to say the reciever gets to chose from whom, what conditions, and how much aid they recieve be my guest. I'll take $100 per month from anybody that wishes to put their money where their proposed political stance is.
[ 07-02-2003, 10:58 PM: Message edited by: John D Harris ]