tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post7270613638472792969..comments2023-12-24T06:13:49.857-05:00Comments on Confessions of a Closet Republican: Red Cross Aids And Abets The Afghan TalibanIncognitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09692949516037191969noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-77214816433819020862010-05-27T16:32:37.962-04:002010-05-27T16:32:37.962-04:00Hi Ya Pieface thanks for the Info, Incog Pieface r...Hi Ya Pieface thanks for the Info, Incog Pieface runs a great blog.Blazingcatfurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05260488914265052543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-45263188225655833012010-05-27T15:24:17.306-04:002010-05-27T15:24:17.306-04:00BCF: "Richy" doesn't know any better...BCF: "Richy" doesn't know any better.<br /><br />PIEFACE: New info re. the Taliban yes, re. being questionable in their operations no. They have too much baggage all around for me to ever send them money, when there are much smaller organizations doing good works, like Medecines sans Frontiers, etc. When one sends money, one never knows where that money is going and I, in good conscience, could not donate knowing that my few dollars might end up paying for one of those first aid kits. What the Taliban do to others does not warrant that they get to survive, if wounded. To me helping the Taliban is like giving a cigarette to a man who has lung cancer, without the death sentence.Incognitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09692949516037191969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-88675130154067500042010-05-27T11:51:34.372-04:002010-05-27T11:51:34.372-04:00Is this particularly new information about the Red...Is this particularly new information about the Red Cross? It is, despite its claim to neutrality, a political organization as well as a life-saving one, in that it selects whom it will support and whom deny. The Israeli Magen David Adom was unable to be credentialled by the Red Cross for an awfully long time, and the Red Cross lent itself to surreptitiously aiding one side against another in the conflict there. Because of the good work they do in other parts of the world, I do support them on occasion (would prefer to send my charitable dollars, truth be told to Medicines sans Frontiers), but my husband will not. <br />Whoever makes decisions such as the one where life-saving training is offered to Taliban agents has an extremely complex mind, one obviously beyond the understanding or ordinary folks such as we must be with our obviously-skewed notions of ethical choice, morality and accountability.Piefacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04390130787888283634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-4267157535559278172010-05-27T09:02:56.061-04:002010-05-27T09:02:56.061-04:00Neutral is not the same as aiding and abetting Ric...Neutral is not the same as aiding and abetting Richy.Blazingcatfurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05260488914265052543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-30138782839836530542010-05-26T11:45:55.191-04:002010-05-26T11:45:55.191-04:00Hello, Brit expat in Hong Kong. I forget all the o...Hello, Brit expat in Hong Kong. I forget all the other names you used in the past. Looks like you still are interested.<br /><br />And frankly I do this for my own catharsis. I get paid to blog on another site, so that's where I now spend most of my time.Incognitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09692949516037191969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-11268252294261109932010-05-26T03:09:41.800-04:002010-05-26T03:09:41.800-04:00It seems no one is really interested in your opini...It seems no one is really interested in your opinions anymore.<br /><br />Neutral is neutral, sweetheart. Deal with it. If you don't like it bring your troops home. They are wasting their time and lives.Richnoreply@blogger.com