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- From: hassan@cup.portal.com (hassan monu alam)
- Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
- Subject: Re: Re:U.S. military aid to Bangladesh
- Message-ID: <69799@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 19:33:08 PST
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
- References: <1992Nov18.024548.4352@dsuvax.dsu.edu>
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- >Recently, in course of discussion of the U.S. military assistance
- >to Bangladesh, some have tried to find American motive behind
- >it while they had to pull out from Philipines recently.
- >The Subic Bay naval base used to pour one million dollars every
- >day to the economy of that impoverished region of Philipines.
- >I like to see Bangladesh getting a deal like that. What else in
- >short term can get BD such a source of hard currency that is so
- >dearly needed there?
- >
- >If dealt on properly, such an arrangement can be made to deliver
- >good to the people of Bangladesh.
- >
- >It is time that everyone concerned gives up fiery rhetoric about
- >an all-evil uncle Sam (that is so common in the third world) and
- >give some reasonable thought to it.
- >
- >Mukherjee
-
- I trust you're not holding up the Phillipines as a model to follow.
- A country which went from the richest in Asia after WWII to one
- of the poorest. It would be funny except for the people having
- to put up with the corruption there.
-
- I firmly believe most aid corrupts. We can do it without much aid,
- and we will be the better of it by not being a nation of beggars.
-
- Hassan
-