[American Quilter]

Otherwise, if you and I both know that this sort of thing only perpetuates the problem rather than alleviates it, then he and his advisers certainly know as well.

You'd think. But aren't you frequently amazed by people who come to different conclusions than we do? He doesn't seem like the kind of man to do this just for public relations. Maybe I'm being unrealistic, but I think he's just let his heart rule his head. He's WRONG, but I think he's sincere in his mistaken thinking.

[inquest]

But aren't you frequently amazed by people who come to different conclusions than we do?

Actually I'm not amazed, when we're talking about people who aren't in power and just giving their uninformed opinions. But people who have all the informational resources they could possibly need should absolutely know better than to keep shoveling money into corrupt governments. We could do so much better for Africa by leaving them alone and letting these governments fall.