tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post6073378836505564684..comments2024-03-26T13:27:26.499+00:00Comments on Zelo Street: Bongo Bongo Land In BloomTim Fentonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00726447899972084146noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-1454969825595687022013-08-08T22:54:02.735+01:002013-08-08T22:54:02.735+01:00Just remind me.
How much goes on foreign aid to h...Just remind me.<br /><br />How much goes on foreign aid to help some people simply live another day?<br /><br /><br />And how much goes on aid to British farmers who have had the equivalent of a business problem (which other business wouldn't get help for) so that they can order the new Landcruiser or Discovery as planned?<br /><br /><br />Look at Pakistan, the Taliban attacks aid workers because they see foreign aid as undermining their control. If the Taliban feels that threatened surely we're doing something right? <br /><br />In Afghanistan we could have "bought" the population and sorted out Al Queda and the heroin trade problems for a fraction of the cost of the military option but the rightwing prefers throwing money and British lives at the problem rather than be seen to give money to foreigners.<br /><br />If we give money for a foreign water project and it's diverted to a Ferrari for a local politican then that's wrong. But if the politician says give me a Ferrari (or a new Landcruiser with all the toys) and I'll smash a terrorist training camp then just ask him to pick the colour! Done properly it's not foreign aid, it's British aid spent abroad. SteveBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-33471028088994056732013-08-08T18:06:41.605+01:002013-08-08T18:06:41.605+01:00Leaving aside the long and best forgotten language...Leaving aside the long and best forgotten language of 70s classics <br />Love Thy Neighbour and Curry and Chips there doesn't seem to be a single MP willing to admit to the true intention of foreign "aid".<br />Not one single one of them willing to counter the idea that we simply hand over this money from the goodness of our hearts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com