----- Original Message ----- From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 1:35 PM Subject: Re: Who is the sheriff?
> On Fri, Mar 14, 2003 at 01:24:04PM -0600, Dan Minette wrote: > > > I appreciate your sincerity in this, but I'm curious as to why you > > think that while an extremely modest effort (about $40 spent per > > person in Afghanistan is as much as can be done) a massive effort will > > work in Iraq. > > I guess you left out "has not yet succeeded" or something similar. I was referring to statement that there is only so much aid that can be absorbed per year. It was associated with an example of just now getting a unified currency. The point was valid, such a limit exists, but I don't think we are there yet. From below, it appears that we agree. (If you didn't make that statement, I apologize for my hazy memory). > The answer is that I am also interested in how to help in Afghanistan, > as I have stated here before. Any ideas? One idea I had was > donating to UNICEF and asking that my donation be used for removing > land mines in Afghanistan. Also, Afghanistan Children's Fund, > http://kidsfund.redcross.org/. I'm still looking for something more > nation-building oriented. Yes. Go to one of your congressman's town meetings and push it there. Find a way to state it in a manner that sounds real supportive of the general US effort, but that you would like to add to the chance of sucess...especially if your Congressman is Republican like mine. If he's Democratic, try to see his viewpoint and argue for how this supports that viewpoint. I've actually gotten a congressman to ask me for more information at such a meeting before. > > It doesn't seem reasonable that a $200/per person (just under 6 > > billion/year) effort in Afghanistan will involve so much money the > > system couldn't handle it. > > Agreed. Do others who think that attacking Iraq is the best option agree with this too? > > My personal belief is that Afghanistan offers a much easier test case > > for a lot of things we could try in Iraq. I'll grant you that we will > > take more control initially in Iraq, but having experience working in > > a Moslem country should prove invaluable. So, that's my suggestion. > > Sounds like a good suggestion. I'd appreciate hearing any specific ideas > you have! Thank you, I hope the suggestion I gave above works for you. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
