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**Misespimb** · 01-01-2007, 10:59 PM

Bush Has Quietly Tripled Aid to Africa
Increase in Funding to Impoverished Continent Is Viewed as Altruistic or Pragmatic

By Michael A. Fletcher
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, December 31, 2006; Page A04

President Bush's legacy is sure to be defined by his wielding of U.S. military power in Afghanistan and Iraq, but there is another, much softer and less-noticed effort by his administration in foreign affairs: a dramatic increase in U.S. aid to Africa.

The president has tripled direct humanitarian and development aid to the world's most impoverished continent since taking office and recently vowed to double that increased amount by 2010 -- to nearly $9 billion. Bush Has Quietly Tripled Aid to Africa - washingtonpost.com

So let me get this straight. Bush hasn't wasted enough money on the war, so now he is desperately trying to bankrupt America while he still has the power. I skimmed over the article, but does what Bush is doing benefit America at all?

01-01-2007, 10:59 PM	#1
Misespimb Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 376 Senior Member	Bush increased humanitarian aid to Africa Bush Has Quietly Tripled Aid to Africa Increase in Funding to Impoverished Continent Is Viewed as Altruistic or Pragmatic By Michael A. Fletcher Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, December 31, 2006; Page A04 President Bush's legacy is sure to be defined by his wielding of U.S. military power in Afghanistan and Iraq, but there is another, much softer and less-noticed effort by his administration in foreign affairs: a dramatic increase in U.S. aid to Africa. The president has tripled direct humanitarian and development aid to the world's most impoverished continent since taking office and recently vowed to double that increased amount by 2010 -- to nearly $9 billion. Bush Has Quietly Tripled Aid to Africa - washingtonpost.com So let me get this straight. Bush hasn't wasted enough money on the war, so now he is desperately trying to bankrupt America while he still has the power. I skimmed over the article, but does what Bush is doing benefit America at all?
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