American propoganda.

[Ion_StormH]

Really...you know a lot about Iraq? Lots of your troops reporting back? Or is this knowledge you gleened from the Euro non-agenda news? Please.....lots has changed in Iraq, not without the obvious troubles.

Care to give me Euro-commie a respond to my answers? :)

[Chankeen]

Would a recruitment video from other countries look much different? This type of imagery is not unique to America.

[Chankeen]

Foreign aid seems to me to be like a mobster who donates $15 to the orphanage after completing the contract on the kids parents.

from http://www.fraserinstitute.org/files/PDFs/students_learning/2007_Contest_Fleming.pdf

"What does spur growth in developing countries is the same elixir that has been the key to success for developed nations: economic freedom."


from
http://www.inwent.org/ez/articles/065224/index.en.shtml

"My rough guess is that out of every $ 10 of Western aid that is allegedly spent in the Third World, $ 8 returns to the donor country in the form of administration expenses, consultancy fees and contracts for donor country corporations"

from http://www.worldproutassembly.org/archives/2005/08/the_tradeandaid.html

"Countries that have done well in the recent past have done so through their own efforts. Aid and market access have rarely played a critical role."

from
http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=2093

"Myth 3: Foreign aid is a big slice of the federal budget.

A recent poll by the Program for International Policy Attitudes at the University of Maryland showed that most Americans still imagine that 20 percent of the federal budget goes to foreign aid. In reality, less than 1 percent of the budget is for foreign aid, and only about one-third of that is development assistance."