Most of the world’s nations have decided the U.S. can solve its own problems in the Southeast just fine. No problem, says Bush. "We would love help, but we’re going to take care of our own business as well, and there’s no doubt in my mind we’ll succeed," he told ABC News.
Why have most the world’s countries (along with our own federal government, of course) proved so slow to help? Here is a clue: as Americans for Informed Democracy (AID) notes: "On this very week, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. John Bolton has proposed changes that would delete all references to the ?Millennium Development Goals,? a set of goals supported by more than 190 countries that seek to halve poverty and AIDS and achieve universal primary education (read). This action received only minor attention, even though, as the Los Angeles Times editorial board points out, it is ?a death sentence for millions? in the developing world (read)."
