Mar
24
2003

a different cost of war

The U.S. is giving a number of our allies in the Iraq conflict added incentive to help out, in the form of financial assistance. Forbes has a list of funds the Bush administration proposes to allot to various countries involved in the war effort. (“Get Out Your Checkbook” - 03/20/03)

The Bush Administration is expected to ask for supplemental foreign aid within the next two weeks. Lawmakers responsible for doling out foreign aid are likely to remember which countries showed support for the U.S., says Scott Lasensky, a fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York who is writing a book on American foreign aid. The longer Turkey sits on the fence, for example, the greater risk to its aid.

Among the proposals on the table: $550 million to Afghanistan, $574.6 million to Columbia, $89.7 million to the Phillippines and $255.6 to Turkey.

Posted at 3:13 PM in current events, politics & bureaucracy

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