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For a country that is teetering on the edge of bankruptcy this is a prime example of poor money management.
by gsmaverick 17y ago
For a country that is teetering on the edge of bankruptcy this is a prime example of poor money management.
- jacquesm 17y agoAu contraire, it is excellent money management. The PR value of this is easily orders of magnitudes larger than the money spent. A country that is teetering on the edge of bankruptcy should not start wars it can't afford, that is a prime example of poor money management.
- gsmaverick 17y agoGood PR won't save you from bankruptcy!
- jacquesm 17y agoIt may actually. By doing some good PR now you will be able to save yourself a multiple of that at some point in the future. The US needs allies, what better way to get them than through good PR. Wars don't work nearly as well and cost a whole lot more. They also make you more enemies, and the allies that you had may look at you in a new light.
- tptacek 17y agoForeign aid dollars are a negligible portion of our overall budget.