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If you live in a big city in the US, you know that there is a homeless/hunger problem here that didnt go away through the prosperous 90s. Feeding the Worlds hungry, particularly the children, should be a high priority for anyone of conscience.
For the first time UNICEF is giving the entire take from thier halloween collection drive to one cause: feeding the kids in Afganistan.
The food relief effort is handicaped by the airstrikes and threat of more attacks. Further more the money and resources being used to bomb the talibon could be directed to humanitarian efforts. "Food not bombs!" instead of "Bombs and food!" Of course one could argue that as long as the talibon is in power in Afganistan, even more will suffer, so the fact that more people are on the brink of starvation now is irrelevant because they would be suffering anyway. The talibon didnt bother food-aid workers before 9-11 unless they broke one of their many laws, like trying to convert muslims to christiananity. The infrastructure that supported humanitatarian efforts there has all but gone since the the bombs began dropping.
I dunno, if I had a choice between getting food to millions or bombing a few I'd give the food.
What ever your side is, If you have a say in your govermant, state your case to them. Email your representatives and leaders. Tell them where you stand.
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