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To: shrinkermd
I seem to recall fierce attacks in the press against the Administration for failing to put enough Africa spending in the '02 and '03 budgets. They were pretty ugly about his "hypocrisy" in promising a post 9/11 initiative against aids and poverty in Africa as part of the PNAC strategy of draining the swamps.

Gee, could it be that those attacks were UNFAIR and BIASED in light of this low-key, non-politial giving since?

It seems the administration was simply looking for effective programs amid all the corruption, instead of just throwing money to around to score short-term domestic points, as Democratic Administrations have done. The money has increased as they have found those programs.
48 posted on 12/31/2006 3:52:11 PM PST by Wiseghy ("You want to break this army? Then break your word to it.")
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To: Wiseghy
Yes, I remember those too. I think the President knows he is swimming upstream when he sends money to Africa for AIDS and other purposes. Part of the silence is probably by preference!

But I really do admire someone who does what he or she believes to be best regardless of the social ambiance he or she is enmeshed in. Bravo President Bush!
49 posted on 12/31/2006 4:35:16 PM PST by shrinkermd
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