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'Secretary of State Colin Powell said Tuesday the outpouring of American aid and humanitarian help in the region devastated by the tsunami may also help Muslim nations see the United States in a better light.
They probably would if it were not for the $200 billion spent bombing the crap out of them and stealing their land. '
Yes, the US Congress is expecting the White House to put in for another $100 billion to cover the cost of the Iraq War on top of the $100 billion already granted. Let's write that number out in full shall we ...
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$200,000,000,000
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That's about $34 or £20 for every man, woman and child on the face of this planet. I don't know how much my own government is spanking on this disasterous war but it's bound to be some equally stupid figure.
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And the folks in the White House think that spending a tiny fraction of that on disaster relief is going to win us all over to their way of thinking?
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Anyway, I'm going to do my bit by putting a fiver into a prize fund for the first story from a Murdoch owned journalist that links the Indian Ocean Tsunami with Al Qaeda and the Occupation of Iraq. We've already had Tsunami Paedophile stories and half-arsed attempts to somehow associate the Tsunami with Global Warming. Next stop Tsunamis and SARS then bravely onwards towards Tsunamis and Islamic Fundamentalism ...
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