Posted on 10/25/2001 11:02:12 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
A group of Afghan children collect packets of food aid after an U.S. aircraft completed a night time air drop over a refugee camp in Kumkishlyak in Northern Afghanistan, October 25, 2001. Afghanistan's ruling Taliban on Thursday dismissed as U.S. propaganda a Pentagon statement that they intended to poison food dropped by U.S. aircraft or provided by humanitarian groups to Afghan civilians. The Pentagon said on Wendesday that it had received information the Taliban may poison the food supplies to Afghan civilians and blame the United States. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko
An Afghan girl eats a box of bean salad after U.S. aircraft dropped food aid in a refugee camp in Kumkishlyak in northern Afghanistan, October 25, 2001. Two Afghan girls eat packets of strawberry jam after receiving food aid from U.S. air drops in a refugee camp in Kumkishlyak in Northern Afghanistan, October 25,2001.
If we did they would tell us not to drop anymore food packets as unlike Americans they would rather see their kids die than become Christian
Just because you live in a tent doesn't mean you are dirty all the time. These people have systems for keeping their lives in order. It just doesn't look like OUR lives. Good grief, some folks just have to hit us all over the head with their self righteousness.
As for whether the kids are starving or not, hunger and starvation are not the same thing. It SEEMS TO ME that the fact they are NOT starving means what we are doing is NOT just "too little, too late" but will actually prevent and alleviate suffering among these kids, who, parents or no parents, have no choices in this situation but to try to survive.
Interesting. Why did you feel bad about feeding noncombatants before?
I think that is a “male” thing among Islamics. The males in the families tell their wives and kids what to think. Many Islamic males have some kind of “dominance” problem. Generally speaking, we can’t get to the women and children in Islamic countries, because the males block us. But there are lots of widows and orphans in Afghanistan right now. Now is the time to send missionaries into the refugee camps.
And if you had to choose, would you rather see your kids die, or become Muslims?
No I dont hate kids. this is a war..not a social outreach project
Saudi Arabia is a wealty nation ,these are their people..why are not they feeding them?
We are selfish and self centerd people that believes everything has a price..we are trying to "buy their love".
We can not understand principle or devotion..everything here is for sale including our loyalities..these people are not for sale,their lives are worth less to them than their faith..
We are a foolish people
Always assuming, of course, that they are the enemy. I think the recent history of Afghanistan demonstrates that most Afghanis aren't Taliban -- the Taliban just happen to be on top for the moment in the multi-sided civil war that seems always to be going on there.
The calculus here -- which I think is correct -- is that we can show ourselves as opposed to the Taliban, but not Afghanistan as a country. This cuts off the Taliban's access to the "it's us vs. them, so we've got to stick together" gambit.
Regarding their bellies, swelling occurs very late in the starvation process and after years of chronic starvation. These kids haven't eaten (more likely, have eaten very little) for days. The kids in Ethiopia hadn't eaten for weeks, they probably had dysenteria, and were about two weeks away from death.
Someone had pictures last week of the soldiers in the fields collecting bags of food. They were competing for the food with the women and children
I'm still trying to figure out what this has to do with anything. I suppose soldiers get hungry, too.
There is no question. The moon god offers no salvation..I would hope they would refuse to call anyname but Christ..
Are you sure about that?
Yes, you are.
Question - what's the difference between a radical muslim fundamentalist that wants to exterminate all Jews and Christians, and a radical christian fundamentalist that wants to exterminate all Muslims?
Answer - no difference.
That's what I think, too. Except, chances are, their moms are dead, too.
What makes you say that? Most Afghanis outside the occupying Taliban are not arabic -- these aren't Saudi Arabia's "people" any more than they are ours. Afghanistan is a country wrecked by over two decades of near-constant war, and they seriously need continuing humanitarian support to survive. Remember, winter is coming -- just because they may not be showing signs of starvation now doesn't mean they're preapred to handle winter.
Our war is against the Taliban and Al-Queda, not the Afghani people as a whole.
They share a religion and gene pool,with Saudi..would you think it more likely that Saudi should do food drops to Canada or us?
The US office of propaganda says the was is with evil people..it is actually a war with Islam..unless we address it as such we will now have terrorism in this nation forever...
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