Should we send Troops to Niger

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Question: Thousands if not more are starving daily in Niger. Much more then those supposedly exterminated by the powers in Iraq. Should we not send troops to stop the extermination of a race from hunger, or should we just send $$$ or food without the supervision to make sure who gets the food and weather or not they have to pay some warlord for the gift of food?

I can’t help but wonder about our level of concern for our brother when there is no oil well to protect.

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space ghost:
Question: Thousands if not more are starving daily in Niger. Much more then those supposedly exterminated by the powers in Iraq. Should we not send troops to stop the extermination of a race from hunger, or should we just send $$$ or food without the supervision to make sure who gets the food and weather or not they have to pay some warlord for the gift of food?

I can’t help but wonder about our level of concern for our brother when there is no oil well to protect.

Thoughts?
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Food aid is finally going to Niger.
 
space ghost:
Question: Thousands if not more are starving daily in Niger. Much more then those supposedly exterminated by the powers in Iraq. Should we not send troops to stop the extermination of a race from hunger, or should we just send $$$ or food without the supervision to make sure who gets the food and weather or not they have to pay some warlord for the gift of food?

I can’t help but wonder about our level of concern for our brother when there is no oil well to protect.

Thoughts?
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Niger’s new constitution was approved in July 1999. It restores the semi-presidential system of government of the December 1992 constitution (Third Republic) in which the president of the Republic, elected by universal suffrage for a 5-year term, and a prime minister named by the president share executive power. The unicameral legislature is comprised of 83 deputies elected for a 5-year term under a proportional system of representation. Political parties must attain at least 5% of the vote in order to gain a seat in the legislature.

Niger’s independent judicial system is composed of four higher courts–the Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court, the High Court of Justice and the Court of State Security.

The Constitution also provides for the popular election of municipal and local officials, which are expected to take place after all political interests agree upon a governmental decentralization plan. The country is currently divided into 8 departments, which are subdivided into 36 districts (arrondissements). The chief administrator (prefet) in each territorial unit is appointed by the government and functions primarily as the local agent of the central authorities.

The current legislature elected in October 1999 contains five political parties. President Tandja Mamadou was elected in November 1999 and appointed Hama Amadou as the Prime Minister. Mahamane Ousmane, the head of the CDS, was elected President of the National Assembly (Parliament). The first government of the Fifth Republic was installed on 5 January 2000, and a government reshuffle occurred on 18 September 2001.
Ain’t research a wonderful thing!!😃
 
Yep, Niger is the poorest democracy in the world with a good track record for giving justice to the people. With no oil and a desert (the Sahara) which encroaches a few hundred miles further south each and every year. One of the Francophone countries of Africa over which France still has an interest. France has a defence pact with Niger and there is a garrison of the Legion D’Estrangere (Foreign Legion) in country. The French army has been assisting with famine relief by supplying logistical support to the NGO feeding stations.

Niger is, in part, in this mess precisely because they are a proud democracy and didn’t want to ‘lose face’ by having to admit that they could no longer feed their own people. And this was compounded by the UN who also thought to themselves: Niger? Oh yes. A democracy so they don’t need any help from us. Sad I know.
 
space ghost:
Question: Thousands if not more are starving daily in Niger. Much more then those supposedly exterminated by the powers in Iraq. Should we not send troops to stop the extermination of a race from hunger, or should we just send $$$ or food without the supervision to make sure who gets the food and weather or not they have to pay some warlord for the gift of food?

I can’t help but wonder about our level of concern for our brother when there is no oil well to protect.

Thoughts?
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Niger is no threat to attack any of it’s neighbors or us. Iraq was. According to your thinking we should get out of Bosnia also because there is no oil there. The liberal line that ‘the only reason we went into Iraq was for the oil’ is a bunch of garbage. Do liberals really believe that if you tell a lie big enough and often enough that it becomes true
 
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Lance:
. The liberal line that ‘the only reason we went into Iraq was for the oil’
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That’s incorrect. See what liberal senators and politicians have said. Please don’t invent fantasies.
 
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Richardols:
That’s incorrect. See what liberal senators and politicians have said. Please don’t invent fantasies.
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I was trying to be polite and not refer to S.G. personally, he seems to be to one inventing fantasies about why we are in Iraq.
 
How about discussing Niger, that was the original subject of this thread wasn’t it?
 
space ghost:
Question: Thousands if not more are starving daily in Niger. Much more then those supposedly exterminated by the powers in Iraq. Should we not send troops to stop the extermination of a race from hunger, or should we just send $$$ or food without the supervision to make sure who gets the food and weather or not they have to pay some warlord for the gift of food?

I can’t help but wonder about our level of concern for our brother when there is no oil well to protect.

Thoughts?
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I think you should leave for Niger immediately. The rest of us will come along when we finish with Iraq.
 
vern humphrey:
I think you should leave for Niger immediately. The rest of us will come along when we finish with Iraq.
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Sure. That’ll be around 2095, and the folks in Niger will be glad to see us come and the folks in Iraq glad to see us go…
 
space ghost:
Question: Thousands if not more are starving daily in Niger. Much more then those supposedly exterminated by the powers in Iraq. Should we not send troops to stop the extermination of a race from hunger, or should we just send $$$ or food without the supervision to make sure who gets the food and weather or not they have to pay some warlord for the gift of food?

I can’t help but wonder about our level of concern for our brother when there is no oil well to protect.

Thoughts?
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If sending our troops would help feed the people and assist them in becoming self-sustaining, sure.
 
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thestickman:
If sending our troops would help feed the people and assist them in becoming self-sustaining, sure.
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Find one member of your beloved Administration who would go along with that.
 
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Richardols:
Sure. That’ll be around 2095, and the folks in Niger will be glad to see us come and the folks in Iraq glad to see us go…
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Where did you buy your crystal ball?
 
vern humphrey:
Where did you buy your crystal ball?
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Think I might be wrong? Well, okay. A little flexibility, then. Let’s not say 2095, but 10 years one way or the other of that year. 🙂
 
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Richardols:
Find one member of your beloved Administration who would go along with that.
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My beloved Administration? That would be the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. I think we should always be praying to them that the needs of the hungry be met.

That is who you were referring to, correct?
 
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thestickman:
My beloved Administration?

That is who you were referring to, correct?
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No, the Administration in Washington that you rightists never criticize.
 
BTW, we should send our own donations to help Niger, and can do so through Africare or Catholic Relief Services, among others.
 
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Richardols:
BTW, we should send our own donations to help Niger, and can do so through Africare or Catholic Relief Services, among others.
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Indeed. We had a collection after mass on Sunday for the CAFOD relief effort. I hope what we all raise helps these suffering people. 😦

Mike
 
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Richardols:
No, the Administration in Washington that you rightists never criticize.
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Another error of fact. Regarding Iraq and the war on terror I ***do ***agree with the Bush administration. Regarding federal spending I do not agree with the administration. Regarding the open borders I do not agree with the administration. Regarding illegal immigration I don’t agree with the administration.
 
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