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Poco Deplorevole

On Mon, 17 Apr 2017 13:38:19 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 17 Apr 2017 08:39:28 -0400, Poco Deplorevole
wrote:

On Sun, 16 Apr 2017 18:41:31 -0400, wrote:

On Sun, 16 Apr 2017 17:09:53 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 4/16/2017 4:34 PM, wrote:

On Sun, 16 Apr 2017 12:44:10 -0400, Poco Deplorevole
wrote:

why we have any interest in the middle east at all. It certainly is
not oil.

Maybe it's just simple humanitarianism.

There are people being ****ed over all over the planet and we really
do not care in most places.

In terms of percent of GNP, Sweden leads the list for foreign
humanitarian aid by government at just under 1 percent of GNP.
In terms of GNI (whatever that is) Turkey actually is on top.

The USA government direct humanitarian aid by GNP is something like
number 20 on the list.

However, when you add in private and corporate donations, the USA dwarfs
all other nations in total humanitarian aid at about 6.4 billion.
Surprisingly, Turkey is next at $3.2 billion, then the UK at $2.8
billion. (2015 numbers)

I guess it depends on who you say doesn't care.

If the DoD budget is actually Humanitarian aid as has been posed here,
we win ... by a long shot.

Who 'posed' that? It may have been suggested that a small portion of the DoD budget was used for
humanitarian aid, but your statement above is false.

You are the one who says the war in Syria and Afghanistan is for
humanitarian purposes.

Actually I was referring mainly to our response to the use of chemical weapons. I will admit that
more clarity would have been preferable.