[extropy-chat] darfur

[Hughes, James J.]

> Would you rather have 117 billion dollars or 4.1% of the GDP 
> of Norway?

If I was trying to feed people I'd rather have Norwegian aid. If I was
trying to arm my military and stash cash in Swiss banks, probably US aid
and especially US investment.

> Why don't you ask the heads of state of the thirty poorest 
> nations in the world and see what they say? 

Already did: 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monterrey_Consensus

Bush made noise about increasing US aid after Monterrey, but hasn't. The
Bush administration believes in a different model of "development
assistance."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Consensus

J.