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> That's on point. Aid provided to Zimbabwe is not reaching the people because of Zimbabwe's government, not because it's not being sent.
by mhurron 11y ago
> That's on point.
Aid provided to Zimbabwe is not reaching the people because of Zimbabwe's government, not because it's not being sent.
- leothekim 11y agoTrue, and someone commented this: http://www.usaid.gov/zimbabwe http://www.usaid.gov/zimbabwe There's also PEPFAR which is notable for how many lives it has saved for Africans with HIV. Still, I'm pretty sure that the average American neither knows nor cares about either program and wouldn't raise a finger if either went away. But they care a shitload about the lion.
- mhurron 11y ago> But they care a shitload about the lion. If we're going to use 'Average American' as a measure, they don't give any more shits about lions, or any other animal, than the Zimbabweans do.
- leothekim 11y agoApparently they care enough s.t. a native Zimbabwean went out of his way to write an op-ed complaining about it, and the good people at the NY Times obliged themselves to publish it.