[ContentiousObjector]

really?

And when exactly did the US start building hospitals and such across the thirdworld?

Bin Laden has influence over these people because his money reaches them and has a direct impact on their lives, american aid just ends up in the swiss bank accounts of corupt foreign leaders and UN agencies.

The point is Bin Laden has influence over these people because he gives them stuff, when someone gives you stuff you associate nice thoughts with them, when they think Bin Laden they think "Nice guy who built hospital" not "evil terrorist who slaughters innocent people",

Are you following this?, if America were to do the same, or at the very least undercut Bin Ladens ability to do these things, they would either develop a positive view of the US, or a less favorable view of Bin Laden

[MaggieMay]

Your sound just like a "third way" type, we could have peace, if only there were a redistribution of wealth in the world. You and Jimmy Carter and the dingbat senator all belong togeather.

[BJungNan]

I'm really flabergasted at your response. Where do you get the notion that the U.S. has not engaged in extensive humanitarian aid overseas?

Besides the U.S. government, millions upon millions are donated either directly or in the form of services from private U.S. charities to many, many third world countries. We are not just building hospitals, we are putting our people in them, and our medicines and our doctors.

You know, you really sound like a liberal, the kind so bent on hating America that you are blinded to the great good America does around the world. Either that or you are a plant from Murray's office engaging in damage control.

Seriously, your comments are so "out there", so seemingly misinformed, I can not even fathom that you are being serious. You are joking, right?

[oreolady]

Can you justify Laden building "day-care centers " when under Taliban rule women were NOT allowed to go outside thier homes?
Why on earth would they need day cares?
Oreolady