Originally Posted by benc

I'm also in the boat that thinks its basically useless or at least unrealistic.

Any money/aid will be controlled by the warlords. Then people will say, our military should go do something. Well whats in it for us to go thru a bunch of blackhawk down situations. It dosen't benefit us in any way and I doubt liberals would be willing to stomache that type of bloodshed to make a difference.