G-8 Leaders agree to $50B in African Aid

[ck4829]

"World leaders wrapping up an economic summit shaken by terrorism agreed Friday on an "alternative to the hatred" — a $50 billion aid package for Africa and $3 billion in additional support for the Palestinians.

"We speak today in the shadow of terrorism, but it will not obscure what we came here to achieve," British Prime Minister Tony Blair, the summit host, said to close the three-day gathering.

"It isn't all that everyone wanted but it is progress — real, achievable progress."

With a last-minute pledge from Japan, Blair won a key victory, announcing that aid to Africa would rise from the current $25 billion annually to $50 billion by 2010."

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050708/ap_on_re_eu/g8

That's like handing 1$ to a poor person. How humanitarian of you world leaders... not really.

Can spend 100's of billions on dollars on a war that is increasing the power of terrorists, but you 'leaders' only want to give $50B to a Nation that is suffering.

Shame on all of those who call themselves 'world leaders'.

[magnolia]

1. Tony Blair on right now....

Since the cable news programs have been totally focussed on the attacks of yesterday...I almost expected Blair to give a "we're going to get those evil-doers dead or alive..." But, he barely touched on that and went directly into Africa. Then pointed out very clearly that nothing will happen with global warning until America joins the conversation.

Maybe Blair has learned from Bush's mistakes and is not going to squander the good-will the world is giving him now.

[Double T]

2. The people of all the G8 countries need to replace all of these so called

leaders. These individuals have shown they are anything but leaders.

[Squatch]

3. Throwing more money at the problem is going to do nothing