Paul Courry wrote:
>
> May I most humbly suggest that we use our great wealth (say 10 or 20 billion) to get what we want? 20 billion would go a long way to rebuild the
> economy of Afghanistan (or whatever country shielded the terrorists). How we use it would be up to the President to decide. While we have a long
> history of picking and proping up dictators we also have backed some winners like Japan, Germany, France. Hopefully we have some practice by
> now. Again, I submit this most humbly (and don my asbestos suit).
>

Yep.
Just dump free food everywhere, and modular consturction materials
that don't require tools, all with USA and the flag on them.

Only a billion or two would likely do it.

Richard

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