Hi Agnes,

I think he was referring to the amount of money and support the U.S. contributes to countries. The U.S. pledged 15 billion dollars for aids relief over the next five years alone.

The U.S. has given the highest dollar amount of any industrialized nation in the world in foreign aid in 2003 (almost 16 billion dollars). Japan came in 2nd at 8.91 billion dollars in foreign aid. Followed by France.

I question the U.S. on where the money is going. The top 10 recipients of U.S. foreign aid in 2004 so far were:

Iraq
Israel
Egypt
Afghanistan
Colombia
Jordan
Pakistan
Liberia
Peru
Ethiopia
Bolivia
Turkey
Uganda
Sudan
Indonesia
Kenya

In 2003:
Egypt
Russia
Israel
Pakistan
Servia & Montenegro
Columbia
Ukraine
Jordan
Peru
Afghanistan

It actually has little to do with creating alleys in the U.N. Most recipients of U.S. foreign aid actually voted against United States positions more often than they voted with the U.S. in the U.N.



http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/31987.pdf
http://www.heritage.org/Research/TradeandForeignAid/BG1186.cfm
http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/Debt/USAid.asp?so=p2004

>Maybe ::)
>>Might be a language thing, but your post made little sense to me.
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>>>It would be much better US doesn't stir up the country first and then display generosity. Or do you mean the generosity US military is deploying bullets around? Like in middle east states brouhght to it's knees by embargos and occupied by lies? Countrys that never harm the US? Excepted that they control a part of the drugs market like a mountain region in central asia and some oil like an other one locate mainly between two rivers? Do you think the trick your country has done in the both worldwars will work over and over? (FYI Waite until the struggle is almost done and collect the rest)