[Dems2008] Re: Moderates considering McCain?

Maybe we should reconsider our isolationism, and the question how much
we are willing to give in foreign aid elsewhere. China, for example,
has figured out that in a world dependent on crude oil, scarce supply is
going to require reliance on friends.

China for example has been going around the world saying to countries on
whom it may need to rely for resources in 10, 20, 30 years: "You need a
dam? You need a school built? Here, let us build it for you, or at
least help you. That way, your country may become a healthier market
for us as an exporter of goods, and, who knows, you may have natural
resources that we may need from you someday. We'd like to be a good
neighbor with you, just in case we need something someday."

--- In Dems2008@yahoogroups.com, Carol Roberts <carolroberts1@...>
wrote:
>
> 30 years? And in all that time, combined with all the time that homo
> sapiens have inhabited the continent of Africa, they still have not
> figured out how to feed themselves. And somehow it becomes the
> responsibility of the already overtaxed citizens of the USA to feed
> them. At what point do we let others take responsibilty for
themselves?
> Now we're committed to supporting Kosovo. Why? Why would they want
> to declare themselves an independent country if they are unable to
> support themselves - they are not independent, they are and will
> continue to be 100% dependent on the US taxpayer. I say take care of
US
> first and let the rest of the world figure it out for themselves.
> they've been here a heck of a lot longer than we have.
>
> Carol
>
> citation502 wrote:
> > Wife and I spent Christmas with our Peace Corps daughter, and on one
of
> > the saddest Christmas Eves of my life, we helped serve meals to 45
> > poor children in a small village whose only real access to a hot
meal
> > is thru the efforts of a 77 yr old retired teacher who gives all her
> > money to feeding these kids twice a day, every day for the last 30
> > years.
>

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