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davidpdx

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Reply to pampango (Reply #16)

Tue Mar 4, 2014, 09:27 PM

Mar 2014

I've heard way too much isolationism on DU lately. While I like most on DU agree we need to avoid military conflicts, that doesn't mean we can't help in other ways.

The claims that we don't have any right or duty to care about other nations are just ignorant. As someone else pointed out, if we got our financial house in order we should be able to do both.

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WikiLeaks Cables Reveal Ukraine's Past Cries For Help; Is Kerry's $1 Billion In Aid Too Late? [View all] MindMover Mar 2014 OP

the $1 Billion is only to tide them over until IMF can do an analysis and make an offer. Yanukovich okaawhatever Mar 2014 #1

Interesting that the IMF has no culpability in this issue ... ? MindMover Mar 2014 #2

No kidding, and the IMF doesn't deserve to be blamed either because they made the conditions okaawhatever Mar 2014 #4

Thats interesting. dipsydoodle Mar 2014 #11

No. This is a holdover from Soviet times. Igel Mar 2014 #14

We've got similar in some places in the UK dipsydoodle Mar 2014 #15

Yep. They're called kommunalkas. They still exist and I lived in one. EmilyAnne Mar 2014 #17

Thank you for the information ... the issues relate to a lot of other countries and ... MindMover Mar 2014 #12

Great details, explains a lot! Thanks, okaawhatever. n/t freshwest Mar 2014 #23

Kerry's $1 billion in aid is too much. bigwillq Mar 2014 #3

All combined foreign aid is a FRACTION of our budget problems. $1 billion is NOTHING. phleshdef Mar 2014 #5

I oppose foreign aid bigwillq Mar 2014 #6

We can easily do both if our larger fiscal stupidity were to be cured. phleshdef Mar 2014 #9

Those who help the poor don't draw the line at the border. Those who don't help the poor pampango Mar 2014 #16

+1 davidpdx Mar 2014 #21

+1000. Ditto. nt adirondacker Mar 2014 #22

Foreign aid is an excellent tool for avoiding military conflicts. A much cheaper option. n/t DebJ Mar 2014 #27

This is an unsurprising observation. joshcryer Mar 2014 #25

It's likely a loan or loan guarantee. Much of the aid is unless it's humanitarian aid like food.nt okaawhatever Mar 2014 #7

Use of the expression "guarantee" dipsydoodle Mar 2014 #10

"Kerry's $1 billion in aid is too much" EX500rider Mar 2014 #13

A billion is lame in context with what Ukraine will need. dipsydoodle Mar 2014 #8

Ukraine is acting like a frail Demeter Mar 2014 #18

Some organising the protests may have banked on that. dipsydoodle Mar 2014 #19

Not sure how i feel.. iamthebandfanman Mar 2014 #20

I'm sorry...... DeSwiss Mar 2014 #24

what are you working on for first look jeremy ... is it drones kill people ...? MindMover Mar 2014 #26