From: matus (matus@snet.net)
Date: Sat Apr 12 2003 - 19:00:37 MDT
Brendan Coffey:
> I've been reading extropians for about... 2yr? Something like that.
> Here goes my first post...
>
> I'm kind of alarmed at how I see figures of US foreign military aid
> being factually confused and contextually misrepresented.
>
> >From http://www.fas.org/asmp/profiles/aid_db.htm :
>
> FMF Budget Request FY 2001: Total budget request: $3.54 billion
> Budget request for Israel: $1.98 billion
> Budget request for Egypt: $1.3 billion
>
> $1.3B is not a "tie" with $1.98B. That's a 52.3% difference.
Well Brendan, thanks for the Math lesson. I am fully aware that 1.9 and
1.3B are not a 'tie' however, my first suggestion of 12 billion was quite
off, and the difference between 1.9 and 1.3 billion compared to 12 billion
is a insignificant enough as to be considered a 'tie' for the context of the
discussion. But we all welcome further information on this list, so thanks
for spending more googling time digging up more accurate figures than I and
being kind enough to relay them to us. However, I do not think your insult
disguised as a nitpick was neccessary. But thats just my 2c.
The US's
> aid to Israel in 2003 will be $2.1B. And $12B is over 3x the US'
> total foreign military aid allocation. Damien is conflating total
> foreign aid figures with foreign military aid figures.
Originaly I was referring to Egypts non-military aide, but I did not relay
as much as I did not, at the time, have the time to dig up the information.
So are you agreeing than the Egypt is the single biggest reciepient of
non-military aide?
>
> It's cute that people think this isn't about oil, economy and empire.
>
Its cute that people think this IS about oil, economy, and empire.
Regards,
Michael Dickey
>
> > You are correct, it appears I was off by a factor of ten, with
> > Egypt getting around 1.2 billion, which about ties it with Isreal.
> > My apologies, still waiting for my nueral upgrades, momentary lapses of
> > reason should be reduced then.
> >
> > Michael Dickey
> >
>
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