>>LL>Before the tsunami disaster, the U.S. ranked 21st out of 21
>>LL>among all industrialized countries in providing foreign aid.
>>LL>After the tsunami disaster, the $350 million pledged by the
>>LL>U.S. increased its ranking to 19th out of 21 for foreign aid.

ML>>i didn't realise that you were being pedantic about total foreign
ML>>aid... her was thinking you were going on about aid to the tsunami
ML>>victims only...

 LL> Europeans contribute over 70 percent of the world's foreign
 LL> aid. Which is why the United Nations Security Council tends
 LL> to vote things their way, rather than our way.

yeah, so what? that's /not/ what this conversation is/was about... it was
solely about tsunami aid... nothing else... however, you do get an attaboy
for your (clever?) attempt to muddy the waters and divert attention away
from the main topic of the conversation ;)

 LL> Even considering just aid for tsunami victims, the US lags
 LL> far behind, contributing only 6.97% of the world total
 LL> (government), 10.17% of the world total (combined government
 LL> and private donations).

and how does that compare to what the US does to help victims of poverty in
the US when compared to what other countries do to help victims of poverty
in those countries?

)\/(ark