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>most of the goodies would be rounded up by the ideologists with the guns,
>and added to their stores.
Or to prevent people from being grateful. Of course, that would probably
be even better propaganda for us than if the people got our supplies, but
it wouldn't really fufill our humanitarian goals.
>one percent of falling raisins would strike and mutilate stock and
>children, raising a cry for vengeance.
They *do* have parracutes. Afganistan is a big country, people can hear
planes approaching, and I can't see livestock being mutilated by packages
of the size I imagine (2x2x2). Frightened or injured...maybe. But not
mutilated.
>a couple of the mylar blankets would by chance be infected with some croup
>bug that all Americans are now immune to, but is almost unknown in the
>fastnesses of Afghanistan, leading to a raging epidemic that slays two
>million Afghani children, raising a cry for vengeance.
Given the state of sanitation in Afganistan, I think we should be worried
about them infecting us! Its not as if they have no contact with
foreigners. If a Soviet invasion and years of humanitarian workers didn't
cause an epidemic I don't think we will.
>Damien Broderick
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