[MadIvan]

The vast majority of the UK therefore agrees with President Bush on this issue. Hold firm, Mr. President.

Regards, Ivan

[MadIvan]

Ping!

[MinorityRepublican]

Duh! It would serve us better to throw dollars in the trash can.

[Mo1]

It also shows that 79 per cent of voters believe that corruption and incompetence were to blame for Africa's problems.

They're right!

[Deetes]

So Live 8 and gang ....should be happy to hear this ;)

We've all seen too much money get lost in the wilds of Africa . City's too.

[TheBattman]

Well - let's see:

Billions of Pounds (and Dollars) are pumped into Africa - for a wide variety of uses - from feeding starving refugees, so fighting AIDs. Yet for all the money and effort (not to mention dead relief workers and US Military personel), the despots are still mass murdering civilians, cutting off food for refugees, and the AIDs epidemic continues to grow and an alarming rate.

The culture of the area does not incline itself to being helped. There's no need for the despots to "ethnic clense" an area - they are doing it on their own.

If non-taxpayer funded aid organizations want to continue to try to help -more power to them. But the taxpayers of the US (and apparently GB) are tired of flushing money down the toilet of Africa. You cannot help those who don't want to be helped.

[kipita]

Another good idea would be to give money to the "Gang Leaders" in every poor neighborhood in the US. I say we give them the money and then they could distribute it wisely and fairly to everyone. /sarc off

[Incorrigible]

Let's hope Bono gets this news too!

[Red Sea Swimmer]

I think a vast majority of polls are wasted, personally.

[Cronos]

You compare the progress of Asia and even Latin America with Africa and it is shocking. 50 years ago Singapore, Japan and Korea were dirt poor nations recovering from war. Now they are 1st world nations. Malaysia is rapidly moving towards becoming that soon. Even the two giants: India and China are eradicating poverty (albeit slowly
) on their own. Since those two giants can do it on their own, it shows that all that is needed is public gumption.

[kittymyrib]

Oxfam, the African relief NGO, has said the worst thing to happen to the suffering Sudanese was Geldoff's "Live Aid" concert. The Muslim jihadi government took the funds and bought war material to kill the Christian and animist Southern Sudanese. Another do-gooder project that brought death and destruction in its wake. By the way, this week it was announced that Geldoff is planning another Live Aid tour. I guess the tyrants in Sudan are out of cash for bullets.

[Burf]

The dictators and despots such as Mugabe don't need the aid of the US or UK. The CHICOMS are getting their foot in the door.

[Beckwith]

There's been billions poured into Africa up till now.

What has any of that aid accomplished?

Africans must solve Africa's problems. We can help, but Africa needs to pull itself up by it's own bootstraps, just like everywhere else on the planet.

[DainBramage]

So let me get this straight....you're calling Brad Pitt a liar? ha