I was not speaking of birth control in the Sahel but of intervention during one of that regions outbreaks of famine. Many lives were saved but now the region is overpopulated, famine is even more prevalent and loss of vegetation means more land lost to the desert.
Now constant aid is needed and the people must be persuaded to give up their nomadic culture based on cattle and goats and do...what?
The area is too arid for farming and there is nowhere else for them to go since living is marginal in the entire sub-Sahara.
Did we do wrong in the first place? I don't know. We interfered in a culture that took famine in its' stride and must now face responsibility for the death of a culture because no one thought of the consequences of intervention.
If you can argue against Kuwait, you can argue against the Balkans. If the Balkans interventions were ok because they were for "humanitarian" purposes, where were we in Rwanda?
So Bush proclaimed a National Day of Prayer. Congress has also proclaimed National Pickle Week and Mothers Day. Should I be outraged because I don't like pickles or because I grew up without a mother?
If you don't believe, then it doesn't apply to you, does it?
The believer has no right to push his religion on the athiest in this country. But the converse is also true. And THAT is the crucial thing to remember.

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