While I'm not going to debate the rightness or wrongness of the US not writing off the debt of third world countries, I would point out that both as a nation and individuals we give out an obnoxious amount of money for little to no return, all in goodwill. It's somewhat unfair to point at "They wouldn't forgive the debt" and say the US is being somehow unfair or cruel or something. I mean, we give more money to struggling nations than we spend on fighting poverty in our own country, which seems fairly illogical if you think about it (not counting the whole issue of stability being a good thing, and sometimes only money will accomplish that.)
Sorry, it just seems unfair to say "The US isn't doing anything to try and help and what selfish bastards for inisiting that promises be kept." The US does a lot and is often reviled just as much for what it does as what it doesn't do, despite the fact that it isn't an unending source of funds, technology, and/or manpower and has issues of it's own poverty/crime/stability to look after too.
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Date: 2005-11-25 09:19 pm (UTC)Sorry, it just seems unfair to say "The US isn't doing anything to try and help and what selfish bastards for inisiting that promises be kept." The US does a lot and is often reviled just as much for what it does as what it doesn't do, despite the fact that it isn't an unending source of funds, technology, and/or manpower and has issues of it's own poverty/crime/stability to look after too.