Ebola and the U.S.
James Mccoy (mailto:james.mccoy@CHANNEL1.COM)
Tue, 16 May 1995 01:11:00 -0640
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Date: Tue, 16 May 1995 01:11:00 -0640
From: James Mccoy <mailto:james.mccoy@CHANNEL1.COM>
Subject: Ebola and the U.S.
To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L
Get real Nick. By no stretch of the imagination can you blame Zaire's problems
on the US. The US did provide AID to the Zairean government and if Mobutu stole
most of it what are we to do - cut it off and be accused of victimizing the
poor and destitute or impinge on the independence of an independent state and
tell him how to run his internal affairs. The days when the US is willing to
unilaterally intervene in the internal affairs of a country-without serious
provocation-are just about past. The people of Africa had better figure out how
to get their respective houses in order or more and more development aid will
go to those who at least try to help themselves, e.g. Eastern Europe, South and
Southeast Asia.