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I don't disagree with the premise. However the man had a hard time implementing "social justice" in his Chicago school system.... Full of confidence I am not...
How is giving Pakistan billions every year to build schools to teach sharia law going to "strengthen democracy" there?
Hope isn't just spread through wars. Imagine being in an impoverished environment then all the sudden seeing help, a future, a new possibility. Allowing them to sulk next to the bad apples does what?
I encourage you all to read "Three Cups of Tea" and then decide whether or not building schools in Pakistan has a direct impact on the likelihood of people jumping to their deaths out of flaming skyscrapers. The author has built 70 schools in Pakistan focused on educating girls in particular.
Beyond the obvious reasons, men have to get permission from their mothers to commit a Jihad. If the mothers are educated and knowledgable about global affairs, they are far less likely to give their blessing. We are far less likely to be murdered.
It's taking some getting used to after the past eight years of oversimplified solutions to complex problems, but what we are seeing is an administration that understands the complexity of terrorism. They understand that you can't just stick a gun in people's faces and expect them to go away.
This is a very wise investment in a multifaceted campaign to reduce terror threats in the United States over the short and long terms (much like their economic investments are looking at both short and long term solutions). These are smart decisions, even if you disagree with them philosophically.
Obama is asking Congress to commit to giving Pakistan $1.5 billion a year for 5 years for schools etc in order to strengthen their democracy and battle terrorism...
When I first saw the title of the thread, the amusement factor made it look like inspired by Faux News and like, and it very well might be. I would have expected a more appropriate title to the thread coming from a moderator.
Is US foreign aid (economic, health, development, military etc) really news to as many people as I see in this thread? Most of them are the usual culprits though, with predictable rhetoric.
Having said that, the new number is higher for Pakistan (previous high was about $900 million in 2002), and may make it the second largest beneficiary of aid by the US to a foreign country. So, this may be a change from the norm, and hopefully conditional to Pakistan (in fight against terrorism, a point Obama brought during campaign), and includes reduction in aid to the usual top beneficiaries: Israel, always tops the list, and has averaged over $2.5 Billion/year over last decade, and Egypt which has usually been second only to Israel.
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