FR has much higher standards than you do, rwfromarkansa. I find nothing more appalling than having members pinging the Admin Moderator to pull threads that express reasonable and sound opinion that simply differs from some Joe Schmo.
Me, Ayn Rand and many others have as much compassion as you do for these poor people and their suffering and this disaster. However, it is the method of aid that we disagree with.
President Bush could have gone on TV to appeal to Americans to send money for relief efforts and Americans would have given more than any government.
It is wrong to give money to foreign nations, especially when we do not have enough cash to even fund the F-22.
It is wrong to give money to foreign nations, especially when we do not have enough cash to even fund the F-22.
Enough with the F/22 already. It will be built and deployed, it'll just take some politicking and the numbers won't be what you or I would like. Meanwhile the money we've pledged to the tsunami relief wouldn't buy ONE F/22.