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Its not about being cold and passionless - its about their being accountability in each o fthese contries to have the structre in place to EFFECTIVELY address their domestic issues - not toss a quick buck to temporarily solve some problem. It's the same reason why this city has PUBLIC DONATION bins around town. . .they advocate you putting the money in their instead of giving it to a transient - the transient would blow it on a sammich or a COBRA, while the legit agency will put it to its most effective use.

As for comparing this to the war - different budgets -