[stripes1776]

Mr Blair, who will seek to shift the focus of his administration on to poverty in the Third World this week during talks with President Bush, has told his closest allies: "Africa is worth fighting for."

It is not possible to fight the poverty of Africa without out first fighting the culture of Africa that produces that poverty. Simply stuffing $millions down the rat hole of primitivism will accomplish nothing except waste more resources.

[lainie]

Exactly. Live Aid 1 raised tens of millions of dollars to feed a country (Ethiopia) which will see upwards of 300,000 children die, mostly of malnutrition, in 2005. I looked it up the other day. So. "So, let's do it again, Sir Bob!" ueggh