[net.nlang.africa] Nature Pleads Not Guilty

stim@fluke.UUCP (Randy Stimpson) (12/17/85)

What is the real [major] cause of famine?  Bread for the World reports:

	"In the Horn of Africa, war is the primary cause of the
	Ethiopian famine."

	"When the Soviet Union sided with the Ethiopian government in
	1977, the United States moved into former Somalian military
	bases..."

	"Meanwhile, U.S. and Soviet arms shipments grow. U.S. aid to
	Somalia, Sudan, and Kenya has risen from $57 million in 1981
	to $135 million for 1985.  What U.S. and Soviet powers call a
	balance of power is only a balance of misery for the regions
	70 million people."

And then we follow up with $800 million in food aid to help relieve some
of the misery we are contributing to. Gee, aren't we benevolent.

Randy Stimpson