According to African and Latin American leaders meeting in, of all places, Communist China, the way to end terrorism is rushing headlong into the 1920s and demanding a check from those with ability because they have need.
In an apparent swipe at the United States, African and Latin American leaders meeting in China on Wednesday urged rich countries to fight terrorism by sharing wealth, not through military intervention.So, to sum up, if we don't want to be killed by suicide bombers and airline hijacking kamikazes, we better come across with the cash. This used to be called extortion.
But who's complaining?
The President of Tanzania, who's country is getting $34,000,000 from U.S taxpayers in the 2004 Budget. They'll get money next year, too.
Super leftist President of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is unhappy, despite his check this year from U.S. taxpayers of $17,000,000. I don't know why we need to give Brazil money.
None of this current sharing-o-the-wealth is mentioned in the AP story linked above, and these countries are certainly receiving money from other "industrialized nations" as well. Their hands are out and they want more. No surprise. The real suprise is the author didn't find a chance to mention Abu Ghraib.
