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Silly attacks indeed.The woman is a menace to US intrests, she seems to be totally oblivious to work of groups like USAID, Peace Corps, and other govt funded programs that have provided hundreds of millions of dollars and manpower to help the world. Her logic is terribly flawed. IT would be like me arguing that John Wilkes Booth was a great actor, and except for that little incident in Fords theatre, he would have done more great things.The man was a murderer who killed a President, and Bin Ladin has and will kill thousands of Americans.Patty Murray needs to be buried on the bone pile of US history and the good folks of Washington state need to elect somebody who really loves and understands America.

Hey, Booth was a great actor. Maybe the Tony's can find time to give him a lifetime achievement award.

... she seems to be totally oblivious to work of groups like USAID, Peace Corps, and other govt funded programs that have provided hundreds of millions of dollars and manpower to help the world. Her logic is terribly flawed. Actually, it isn't her logic that is flawed, it's much deeper than that; 'lieberals' don't register on the Peace Corp if it doesn't fit their anti-American, blame America first reasoning process. Ms Murray is the proto-typical liberal puke who would be just as happy to see death and mayhem raining down upon this nation if it could be used to empower her twisted despotic democrat party and their agenda for what would be left after the catastrophe. She obviously reflects the majority opinion in Washington State, sad to say.

Silly attacks indeed.The woman is a menace to US intrests, she seems to be totally oblivious to work of groups like USAID, Peace Corps, and other govt funded programs that have provided hundreds of millions of dollars and manpower to help the world.

And Afghanistan specifically, including before Sept 11th:

Afghanistan: Complex Emergency Situation Report #1 (US aid BEFORE 911) September 6, 2001

USG Humanitarian Assistance
On September 22, 2000, Assistant Secretary Karl F. Inderfurth re-declared a complex humanitarian disaster in Afghanistan for FY 2001. In addition, U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan William B. Milam issued a disaster declaration for Afghan refugees in Pakistan on February 2, 2001. To date, FY 2001 USG humanitarian assistance provided by USAID/OFDA, USAID/FFP, USDA, the Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (State/PRM), the joint Department of State/Department of Defense Demining Program, the Department of State's Bureau International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (State/INL) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) totals $173,588,887, including both assistance inside Afghanistan and assistance to Afghan refugees in neighboring countries.

Breakdown of the $173 million is detailed in the source. Interestingly this report is dated September 6, 2001, just five days before 911.

And for a briefing, by deputy assistant secretary of defense for stability operations Joseph Collins, on US aid since the liberation, and many other relevant links, see:

Humanitarian Work Progressing in Afghanistan

(I posted the full transcript of the briefing in message #7, which is quite long. Be sure and scroll on through, however, as there are many more links beginning with message #9.)