At 12:29 AM 2/9/2003 -0600, you wrote:
I was sorta waiting for this. On PBS or some other show they just talked about how they had to print all new currency and distribute it and destroy all the old. Maybe USA is going with the "teach a man how to fish" theory this time? As John said, this was a country with literally nothing. Other than their poppy fields, what do they have to sell? Even if the USA was able to plop down cement factories like they were Spice harvesters, do you really expect hospitals, school, and factories to spring up overnight? I see nothing but positive futures, but it cannot be forced. The people have to learn to do for themselves and have a realistic idea of what the future holds. The country is barren. It's like New Mexico without the heat. It's not going to become Florida.----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Minette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 12:05 AM Subject: Re: More on Afghanistan> I just got the numbers on what we are spending to rebuild Afganistan: > > http://www.msnbc.com/news/808786.asp > > the State Department's Andrew Natsios, administrator of the United States > Agency for International Development (USAID), chats with MSNBC.com about > how the United States is providing food, money, and supplies to rebuild the > new Afghanistan. > > Andrew Natsios: We're not untouched by it but there is sufficient > security. We pledged 297 million dollars in January, the United States did, > at the Afghan pledging conference in Tokyo and we spent 275 million of > that. > > > Who here thinks <300 million is enough? > I expect it will take multiple billions. rob
Kevin T. - VRWC
Again, posting while drunk
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