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What if…. we could get a very influential voice in the world to suggest to the American people that we could collectively, in a grass roots effort, use that money to make a HUGE positive change in the world as it sits today. This does NOT have to be a Democrat or Republican contest. It does not matter what side you are on, or even if you are on a side.
There are an infinite number of worthy causes for funding. However, our country is in a unique position right now on the world stage. I propose that a fund could be created to go directly to the Iraqi people who have lost a loved one, a home, a job, as a result of the war. No strings attached. Spend as they feel necessary. Imagine the message that would send to the rest of the world about what Americans are really like.
The economic turn-down we Americans feel now pales in comparison to what it must be like to have your home or town blown to bits, one or more family members or friends slaughtered, a child missing a leg, contaminated water, no job, no hope, whatever. This could extend beyond Iraq to other war torn areas, but Iraq takes precedence because whether we are right or wrong for being there, we are the ones dishing out the pain.
I know this is a crazy idea that would take organization on a gargantuan scale, but it is possible. I have attempted to get it out to several groups who have the means to handle something of this magnitude, but with very little luck. Could it start locally on a small scale?
The seed has been planted and watered. If God wants it to grow, it will.
Contact Jason Bourne for more information (no, not the one from the Bourne Identity).
